South Dakota USA-1953: Hereford Cattle Licking A Block Of Salt On A Wooden Platform

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

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Hereford Cattle Licking A Block Of Salt On A Wooden Platform — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 in South Dakota, USA, showing a Hereford calf with white and black markings licking a white salt block on a weathered wooden platform. The calf's tongue is visible as it consumes the block, with dry grass and a dark background suggesting a rural farm setting. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s home movie quality, capturing a quiet moment of farm life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122624991

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s rural agriculture requests needing real 8mm South Dakota ranch or farm footage of Hereford cattle using a salt block.
Period detail: The clip shows weathered wood, dry grass, and the soft color and framing of 1950s 8mm home-movie farm footage, with no visible modern objects.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a quiet, unstaged feeding moment as cattle lick a salt block from close range on a wooden platform.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Hereford cattle heads, a white salt block, rough wooden boards, dry grass, dark shadow, and flickering film edges.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a farm-life insert, livestock cutaway, rural transition, or small memory beat within a 1950s agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives a close view of livestock care on a rural farm or ranch, centered on mineral feeding rather than machinery or people.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any property implications separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s South Dakota cattle footage, Hereford salt lick, 8mm farm home movie, ranch livestock cutaway, or rural agriculture archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then other South Dakota 1953 rural footage, then broader 1950s cattle, ranching, or agricultural labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a Hereford calf with white face near a white salt block on weathered boards. — A Hereford calf lowers its muzzle to a white salt block on a rough wooden platform.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame with Hereford cattle gathered close to a white salt block on boards, partly in deep shadow. — Two cattle crowd the wooden platform as one faces the salt block from the right.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a white-faced Hereford calf close to a salt block on a weathered wooden platform. — The calf remains close to the block, with dry grass visible beside the platform.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame with close cattle heads around a white salt block, showing worn film texture and shadowed framing. — A close crop shows cattle noses and heads clustered around the pale salt block.

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