Minnesota USA-1958: Hereford Cattle Grazing in Snowy Field

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

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Hereford Cattle Grazing in Snowy Field — Clip Details

A herd of brown and white Hereford cattle grazes in a snowy field during a cold winter day in Minnesota, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals moving slowly through patches of snow and grass, with bare trees lining the background. The vintage Super 8 aesthetic includes natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, evoking a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The scene is quiet and rural, with the cattle calmly foraging in the winter landscape.

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: 124864363

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Minnesota or American farm-life edits needing a brief winter livestock cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century small-farm cattle grazing, with Hereford coloring, bare trees, patchy snow, and no visible modern structures or equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a quiet field-edge perspective, emphasizing unstaged animal movement rather than a directed agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, patchy snow, winter grass, leafless trees, a wooded background, soft daylight, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with grain, slight color fading, gentle blur, and visible gate or contact-sheet borders around the frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter insert, agricultural transition, livestock cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a family or farming sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for cold-weather cattle grazing in a wooded Minnesota field without making claims about the farm, owners, or exact county.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm cattle footage, Hereford herd in snow, winter farm home movie, and mid-century rural livestock cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm footage, then Minnesota 1958 rural scenes, then broader 1950s winter agriculture or livestock material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Minnesota 1958 home-movie footage, brown and white Hereford cattle graze in a snowy field bordered by bare trees. — Hereford cattle graze in a snowy winter field with bare trees behind them.

A winter Minnesota farm scene shows Hereford cattle moving slowly through snow and grass, with bare trees in the background. — Cattle forage through snow and exposed grass in a wooded winter pasture.

Hereford cattle feed in a patchy snow-covered Minnesota field, captured with soft 8mm grain and muted winter color. — The herd lowers its heads to graze through the snow and winter grass.

Brown and white cattle continue grazing in a snowy Minnesota pasture, framed by leafless trees and visible 8mm film borders. — The herd spreads across the winter pasture while grazing near the tree line.

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