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

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

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Man Riding Pinto Horse Across Open Prairie Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, USA, in 1953, showing a man riding a black and white pinto horse across a vast, open grassy field. The rider wears a light-colored shirt and cap, guiding the horse at a steady walk under a cloudy sky. The expansive prairie stretches to distant hills, with a small structure visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural motion, capturing a moment of rural Americana and peaceful recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
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: 122624040

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Americana requests needing South Dakota prairie horse riding, ranch recreation, or open-plains home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The rider's plain work clothes, cap, saddle, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century rural setting without identifying a specific ranch or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as a man calmly guides a pinto horse across open grassland while the camera watches from a fixed distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mounted man, black-and-white pinto horse, open grass field, cloudy sky, distant low hills, and a small background structure.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, frame jitter, and contact-print edges give the footage a tactile home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, prairie transition, recreation cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century American sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure or everyday horse handling in an open Plains landscape, but the frames do not identify the rider, property, or activity purpose.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or clear private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 South Dakota 8mm horse riding, vintage prairie home movie, pinto horse in open field, and mid-century rural America footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel rural scenes, then South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s prairie, ranch, horse, or recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a man on a pinto horse in open prairie with distant hills under a cloudy sky. — A rider on a pinto horse moves across open prairie grassland.

A man in light clothing rides a black-and-white pinto horse through a South Dakota prairie field in 1953 home-movie footage. — The horse and rider continue across the field with the horizon in the distance.

The rider and pinto horse appear nearer in the 1953 South Dakota prairie scene, with open grass and a cloudy sky behind them. — The pinto horse walks forward as the rider faces the camera's direction.

A closer 1953 South Dakota frame shows the rider seated on a pinto horse, with prairie grass, distant hills, and cloudy sky visible. — The rider and pinto horse pass nearer the camera in the open field.

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