South Dakota USA-1953: Hereford Cattle Herd Together In A Field In The Winter

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

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Hereford Cattle Herd Together In A Field In The Winter — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 showing a herd of Hereford cattle in a dry grass field in South Dakota. The brown and white cows stand together in a rural landscape under daylight, with visible film grain and natural imperfections. The footage captures the animals in a calm, natural state, with some facing the camera and others grazing. The image shows classic Super 8 film characteristics, including dark borders and occasional light leaks, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century American ranching 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: 122625223

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: Useful for 1950s rural America requests needing South Dakota ranching, livestock, or winter cattle cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames show Hereford cattle in dry grass with open rangeland and visible 8mm home-movie framing, consistent with the supplied 1953 South Dakota metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie view of cattle standing, grazing, and facing the camera from a nearby field position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white Hereford cattle, dry winter grass, open prairie-like ground, daylight, dark film borders, and circular light-burn marks.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, grain, gate edges, handheld framing, exposure variation, and prominent light leaks or burn-through marks.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural livestock insert, ranching cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat within a mid-century American agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually supports a rural ranching context, showing cattle gathered in a field without people, vehicles, buildings, signage, or identifiable landmarks in frame.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any property or livestock-use concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s South Dakota cattle, 8mm Hereford herd, vintage ranching footage, winter livestock field, and mid-century rural America.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then South Dakota 1953 rural material, then broader 1950s ranching, livestock, or farm-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a small group of Hereford cattle in a dry winter field, several facing the camera. — Hereford cattle gather in a dry grass field, some facing the camera.

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame with Hereford cattle clustered in dry grass, viewed from a modest distance. — Cattle stand and graze together in an open winter field.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of Hereford cattle in a dry field, partly obscured by a large circular light-burn mark. — A bright film burn crosses cattle gathered in the field.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing cattle in winter grass with multiple circular light-burn marks across the image. — Multiple circular light-burn marks overlay cattle standing in dry grass.

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