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New Zealand-1981: Pasture-Covered Field With Many Cows Grazing And Resting On A

$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.

  • Year1981
  • Decade1980s
  • LocationNew Zealand
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1981 New Zealand

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Pasture-Covered Field With Many Cows Grazing And Resting... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from New Zealand in 1981, showing a wide pastoral landscape with numerous cows grazing and resting in a lush green pasture. The scene is framed by a dark border, characteristic of old film, with visible grain and slight color fading. A wire fence runs across the foreground, while scattered trees and distant farm buildings dot the rolling hills under a bright, overcast sky. The cows, mostly brown and white, are scattered across the field, some standing, others lying down, creating a peaceful rural atmosphere. The camera remains stationary, capturing the natural movement of the animals and the serene countryside.

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
122835771

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
1981 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
New Zealand 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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Topics & Keywords

  • pasture-covered field
  • with many horses walking
  • pasture-covered
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  • horses
  • walking
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  • 1981
  • 1981 New Zealand footage
  • vintage 8mm film
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  • pastoral scene
  • cows grazing
  • rural landscape
  • farm animals
  • green pasture
  • vintage film grain
  • archival footage
  • nostalgic countryside
  • old film footage
  • documentary footage
  • agricultural scene
  • farm life
  • rural New Zealand
  • vintage home movie
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  • vintage footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1980s New Zealand rural-life requests needing authentic home-movie pasture, cattle grazing, and quiet agricultural landscape coverage.
Period detail
The 8mm frame edges, soft color, and rural fencing support a 1981 home-movie read, while the landscape itself is broadly pastoral rather than date-specific.
Home-movie behavior
The stationary viewpoint feels like a traveler or family observer pausing to record an open field of grazing cattle from beside a fence.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include green pasture, scattered cattle, a wire fence, trees, distant farm buildings, rolling hills, overcast sky, and dark film borders.
Film character
The clip has visible grain, slight color fade, soft focus, and contact-frame borders that give it recognizable small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, pastoral transition, agricultural cutaway, or calm memory beat within New Zealand travel material.
Historical context
The scene documents small-gauge domestic filming of open farmland, cattle, fences, and distant farm structures in a New Zealand countryside setting.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related uses still need normal rights review.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1981 New Zealand 8mm home movie cattle pasture, rural farm landscape, grazing cows, and vintage agricultural countryside footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1981 New Zealand rural footage, then broader themes of cattle, pasture, farming, and countryside travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 New Zealand home-movie frame showing cattle scattered across a green pasture, with trees, low hills, and a wire fence in view.
Cattle graze and rest across a fenced green pasture in a wide rural landscape.
1981 New Zealand rural frame with cows on a rolling green field, foreground fencing, scattered trees, and small distant buildings.
A sloping field holds scattered cattle, fence posts, trees, and distant farm structures.
1981 New Zealand home-movie view of cattle grazing and resting in a green pasture, with a fence line and leafy edge vegetation.
Cattle occupy the open pasture while a fence and leafy edge frame the rural view.
1981 New Zealand frame showing numerous cattle across a lush pasture, with fence posts, tree clusters, and hills under a pale sky.
Many cattle are scattered across the pasture, with fencing and distant hills beyond.

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