Hicksville New York-1954: Cows Grazing In A Green Field Near Forest

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Cows Grazing In A Green Field Near Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a serene pastoral scene in Hicksville, New York. A herd of cows grazes and rests in a lush green field bordered by a white fence, with a dense forest of mature trees rising in the background. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows natural movement as the animals shift positions across the meadow under bright daylight. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American countryside. This archival clip offers authentic rural life footage for documentaries, historical projects, or 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: 123373256

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hicksville, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 Long Island or mid-century American pastoral cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or commercial archive edits.
Period detail: The open pasture, white fence, wooded backdrop, and small dairy herd may show a less-developed Hicksville landscape in the 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie quality, holding on grazing cattle from a distant, unstaged vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cows in a green field, a pale fence line, mature trees, wooded hillside, bright daylight, and dark contact-print frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, saturated greens, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that signal physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, pastoral transition, memory beat, or contrast shot before suburban or construction material.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for agricultural land and open space in the Hicksville area without identifying a specific farm or property.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related uses should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1954 Hicksville cows, 1950s Long Island farmland, 8mm rural New York pasture, and vintage home movie cattle grazing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Hicksville or 1954 material, then with broader 1950s rural life and landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing cows scattered across a green pasture with a fence and dense trees behind them. — Cattle grazing and lying in a fenced green field with woods beyond.

1954 Hicksville frame with grazing cattle across a sunlit field, bordered by a pale fence and mature wooded area. — Cows move and rest across a bright pasture bordered by trees.

1954 Hicksville pasture view with cattle in the lower field, a fence line, and large trees rising behind the meadow. — Pasture cattle seen from a distance with a wooded backdrop.

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing cows dispersed across a grassy meadow with fence posts and dense trees behind. — Cattle dispersed across a green meadow near a fence and tree line.

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