South Dakota USA-1953: Cows Roaming In A Field On A Farm Vintage Film

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

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

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Cows Roaming In A Field On A Farm Vintage Film — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 in South Dakota, showing a herd of brown and black cows roaming a dry grassy field under a pale sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches evoke authentic mid-century Americana. In some frames, a large hay bale and old vehicles, including a red truck, appear in the background near a rustic barn. The handheld camera captures the quiet rural life of a working farm, with the cows moving slowly across the open landscape. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 122625154

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

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: 1950s South Dakota farm footage for editors needing rural livestock, grazing cattle, or mid-century agricultural cutaways.
Period detail: The footage may show 1950s rural details such as open pasture fencing, a haystack or hay bale, simple outbuildings, and older vehicles near the field.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes cattle from a quiet home-movie distance, preserving an unstaged view of everyday ranch or farm activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black and brown cattle, dry grass, fence posts, a haystack, a small building, distant vehicles, pale sky, and open prairie.
Film character: The 8mm color image has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, frame-edge darkness, and small scratches that support its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural life insert, agricultural transition, livestock cutaway, or brief memory beat within a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for open-range farm work and cattle keeping in a dry South Dakota landscape without making broader claims about the operation.
Research note: No faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, livestock ownership, and property context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm South Dakota farm cattle, vintage home movie cows in field, and mid-century rural ranch footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm material, then other South Dakota 1953 rural scenes, then broader 1950s livestock or prairie agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing cattle in dry pasture with a haystack, fence line, and pale open sky. — Cattle gather near a haystack and fence in a dry rural field.

1953 South Dakota farm view with cattle in dry grass, a small outbuilding, fencing, and older vehicles near the horizon. — Cattle move through dry pasture with rural structures and vehicles behind them.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of cattle by a haystack and fence gate, with a small distant figure near the fence line. — Cattle stand near a haystack and gate while a distant figure appears by the fence.

1953 South Dakota pasture view showing a herd of cattle crossing open grassland with distant low hills beneath a pale sky. — A cattle herd spreads across open prairie with low hills on the horizon.

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