South Dakota USA-1953: A Man Riding A Pinto Horse Across An Open Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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A Man Riding A Pinto Horse Across An Open Field — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and cap rides a black-and-white pinto horse across an open grassy field in South Dakota, 1953. The vintage 8mm film shows the rider approaching the camera before turning and moving away, captured with natural film grain and soft color tones. The wide, flat landscape stretches under an overcast sky, evoking a quiet, rural moment from mid-century America. This authentic home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life and equestrian recreation of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122623996

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural American inserts involving horseback riding, open prairie landscapes, recreation, or mid-century home-movie views of South Dakota.
Period detail: The rider's cap, light work clothes, simple tack, pinto horse, and open grassland setting support a mid-century rural scene, with the 1953 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal feel of a home movie, with the rider approaching, turning, and moving away as the camera observes from the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult rider, black-and-white pinto horse, saddle and reins, open grassy field, low horizon, overcast sky, and soft distant prairie.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural transition, recreation cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s Plains or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents informal horseback riding in a broad rural South Dakota landscape without showing a town, named ranch, or identifiable event.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or minors are apparent, and copyright clearance should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 South Dakota 8mm horseback riding, pinto horse in field, rural Plains home movie, and 1950s American equestrian recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s rural riding, farm, field, and Plains landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In South Dakota home-movie footage from 1953, an adult rider on a pinto horse faces the camera in an open field under a pale sky. — The rider approaches the camera on a black-and-white pinto horse across open grassland.

The adult rider turns the pinto horse sideways in the open South Dakota field, with flat prairie and pale sky behind them. — A side view shows the horse and rider crossing the field against a wide, low horizon.

A closer 1953 South Dakota frame shows the rider in a cap holding the reins while seated on the pinto horse in the field. — The camera catches a closer side view of the rider, tack, and horse markings.

The rider and pinto horse appear small in the distance as they move across the broad South Dakota grassland. — A wide view places the horse and rider far out in the open field.

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