Hagerstown Maryland USA-1961: Man Guiding Cows Across River Bank from Ferry

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationHagerstown, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Hagerstown Maryland

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Man Guiding Cows Across River Bank from Ferry — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a rural scene from a ferry moving along a shallow river in Hagerstown, Maryland. Through the vehicle's window, a man in a white shirt guides two cows across a grassy bank, with dense green trees lining the riverbank. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Americana. The final frame shifts to a dark interior view, suggesting the journey continues.

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: 123749775

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1961 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: Hagerstown, Maryland, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s rural Maryland or mid-century American river-travel requests needing brief home-movie views of livestock along a wooded bank.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie framing, soft color, ferry-side viewpoint, and rural clothing may show early-1960s everyday travel and farm handling in the Hagerstown area.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from inside or beside a moving ferry as people guide cows near the water, giving the scene an unstaged traveler-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cows, a man in a white shirt, wooded riverbank, grassy slope, shallow water, ferry railings, window posts, and a dark interior silhouette.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, color shift, and motion blur consistent with small-gauge home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural cutaway, travel insert, livestock transition, or quiet memory beat within a sequence on Mid-Atlantic landscapes or farm life.
Historical context: The footage documents a small everyday encounter between river transport and livestock handling without supporting a specific event or named farm.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from visible-person review.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1961 8mm Maryland ferry footage, cows by riverbank, rural Hagerstown home movie, and mid-century livestock river scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Hagerstown or Maryland river footage, then broader rural livestock and ferry-travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Hagerstown-area home-movie frame showing cows and people on a green riverbank viewed from a ferry or vehicle window. — Cows and handlers appear on the far bank as the ferry passes along the river.

Rural Maryland riverbank view with cows and people near dense trees, filmed from a ferry-side perspective in 1961. — The ferry view opens onto cows and handlers near a wooded riverbank.

Home-movie frame of cows and people on a lush riverbank near Hagerstown, Maryland, with the ferry edge visible at left. — Cows and handlers remain visible across the shallow water as the ferry moves past.

Final 1961 home-movie frame shifts into a dark ferry or vehicle interior with railings and a silhouetted seated person. — The scene turns inward to a dark ferry interior as the riverbank recedes outside.

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