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Nevada USA-1960: Cows Grazing On Prairie Enclosed By Barbed Wire Fence

  • Year1960
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNevada, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Cows Grazing On Prairie Enclosed By Barbed Wire Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a vast, flat Nevada prairie under a cloudy sky. A low-lying barbed wire fence stretches across the arid landscape, with a few distant cows grazing. The footage, viewed through a film frame, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of quiet isolation and rural Americana from the mid-20th century.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123742866

Rights & Clearance

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
1960 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Nevada, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

  • cows
  • prairie
  • cloudy
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  • nevada US
  • 1960
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  • barbed wire fence
  • rural America
  • classic home movie
  • archival footage
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  • flat landscape
  • cloudy sky
  • grazing cows
  • vintage Super 8
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  • 1960s Americana
  • documentary footage
  • rural scene
  • old film footage
  • vintage film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s rural Nevada or Western U.S. landscape requests needing quiet ranchland, open range, cattle, or prairie cutaway footage.
Period detail
The visible barbed wire fence, distant grazing cattle, open arid grassland, and faded 8mm color may show mid-20th-century rural travel or ranch scenery.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an unstaged roadside or traveler-shot perspective, observing a broad fenced prairie without people or directed action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a flat prairie, barbed wire fence posts, distant cows, low cloud cover, a dark horizon band, roadside foreground, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character
The footage carries soft 8mm grain, muted blue-green color fade, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
Editors could use it as a short establishing insert, rural transition, cattle cutaway, or quiet memory beat for Western landscape sequences.
Historical context
The scene visually reflects open ranching terrain and roadside observation in Nevada, without showing identifiable people, buildings, brands, or public events.
Research note
No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, land access, and any property-use questions should be reviewed for the intended context.
Research search match
Search match phrases include 1960 Nevada 8mm prairie, vintage home movie cattle fence, rural Western U.S. ranchland, and cloudy open range footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Nevada or 1960 rural travel scenes, then broader Western ranchland, cattle, fence, or open prairie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Nevada 8mm frame showing open prairie, a low barbed wire fence, cloudy sky, and small distant cattle on the horizon.
Open fenced prairie under heavy cloud cover, with distant cattle in the grassland.
1960 Nevada prairie view with low fence line, distant grazing cows, muted horizon, and cloudy sky in a home-movie frame.
Distant cows graze beyond a low barbed wire fence on open Nevada prairie.
1960 Nevada 8mm frame of fenced arid prairie with two distant cattle shapes, soft focus, and overcast sky.
A sparse fenced prairie stretches toward a dark horizon with distant cattle visible.
1960 Nevada home-movie frame showing a wide fenced prairie, layered overcast sky, dark horizon, and sparse roadside foreground.
Wide open prairie and fence line beneath layered clouds at the end of the clip.

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