Minnesota USA-1958: Cows Grazing In Snowy Field

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

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Cows Grazing In Snowy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a herd of brown and white cows grazing in a snowy field in Minnesota. Bare trees line the background under a pale winter sky, with patches of snow covering the ground. The footage shows the cows moving slowly, some lowering their heads to feed, while others stand alert. The image has the characteristic grain, slight blur, and color fading of a classic Super 8 home movie, evoking a quiet, rural winter scene from the late 1950s.

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: 124864355

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

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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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Minnesota agriculture requests needing documentary cutaways of cattle in a snowy farm field.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century small-farm winter conditions, with open pasture, bare trees, snow cover, and no visible modern equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing cows feeding and shifting slowly rather than presenting a planned agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cows, snowy ground, bare trees, a simple fence, patches of feed or thawed earth, and pale winter light.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet rural insert, winter transition, livestock cutaway, or memory beat within a family-farm sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents winter livestock activity in a rural setting without showing identifiable people, signage, or named property features.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Minnesota cows in snow, vintage home movie cattle grazing, rural winter farm footage, and mid-century livestock cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Minnesota rural footage, then broader vintage winter farm or livestock scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing brown and white cows in a snowy rural field with bare trees behind them. — Cows stand and feed in a snow-covered rural field bordered by leafless trees.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of cows grazing or feeding in snow, with a fence and bare winter trees in the background. — Cows lower their heads toward feed or exposed ground in the winter pasture.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a small group of brown and white cows clustered in a snowy field. — A small herd gathers in the snow, with leafless trees lining the background.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of cows crossing and feeding in a snowy pasture with leafless trees beyond. — Cows move through the snowy pasture while others keep their heads down to feed.

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