Minnesota USA-1958: Herd Of Cows Grazing On Hay In Rural Field

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Minnesota

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Herd Of Cows Grazing On Hay In Rural Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a herd of brown and white Hereford cattle grazing in a rural field in Minnesota. The cows stand and feed on hay scattered across the dry grass, with a wire fence visible in the background under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American farm life. This nostalgic clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or projects exploring rural Americana.

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: 124863111

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: 1958 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: Minnesota, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archival requests for 1950s rural Minnesota farm life, livestock feeding, and mid-century American agricultural cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie color, Hereford cattle, hay on open pasture, and simple wire fencing may show a modest late-1950s rural farm setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie perspective, observing cattle feeding quietly from a fixed distance rather than presenting a formal agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, hay scattered on dry grass, open field, wire fence posts, pale sky, soft horizon, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, dust specks, and contact-print frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a pastoral insert, rural transition, livestock cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about farming or Americana.
Historical context: The scene visually situates cattle feeding in an open rural landscape, offering a small-scale view of mid-century farm surroundings without identifying a specific property.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property context before final use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Minnesota 8mm cattle footage, Hereford cows grazing, rural farm home movie, hay feeding livestock, and vintage Americana pasture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm or family material, then other 1958 Minnesota rural footage, then broader cattle, pasture, and American agriculture themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing Hereford cattle feeding on hay in an open field with a pale horizon. — Cattle feed on hay in an open rural field, framed by the 8mm film edge.

Hereford cattle graze in a Minnesota field, with dry grass, hay, and a faint wire fence visible in the background. — A small herd of cattle spreads across the pasture while feeding.

Faded 8mm footage shows Hereford cattle feeding on hay in an open Minnesota pasture in 1958. — A soft, faded frame shows cattle feeding across the field.

A clearer 1958 Minnesota 8mm frame shows cattle and a calf gathered around hay in a fenced rural field. — Cattle and a calf cluster around hay near a simple fence line.

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