Minnesota USA-1958: Herd Of 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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Herd Of Hereford Cattle Grazing In Snowy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a herd of Hereford cattle grazing in a snowy rural field in Minnesota. The brown and white cows move slowly across the patchy snow and grass, with bare trees lining the background under a bright, overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural film imperfections, offering an authentic slice of mid-century American farm life. The camera remains mostly static, observing the animals in their natural winter environment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124864388

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Minnesota or American agriculture requests needing brief documentary cutaways of winter cattle grazing from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible Hereford cattle, open snowy pasture, bare trees, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century farm life, with the 1958 date supported by clip metadata rather than frame detail alone.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static camera observes the herd at a distance, giving the scene an unstaged family-film view of ordinary farm animals in winter conditions.
What appears in frame: Frames show brown and white cattle, patchy snow, exposed grass, bare deciduous trees, a low fence or gate, and dark film-frame borders from the scan.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie look with visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, dust marks, and frame-edge artifacts that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short rural insert, seasonal transition, agriculture cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for small-scale livestock pasture scenes in a snowy northern U.S. setting without making claims about the specific farm or owner.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm cattle footage, Hereford herd in snow, vintage farm home movie, and mid-century rural agriculture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Minnesota or 1958 rural scenes, and then broader winter livestock or American farm-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame showing Hereford cattle grazing across patchy snow and grass near bare winter trees. — Hereford cattle move through a snowy pasture bordered by leafless trees.

A 1958 Minnesota pasture scene with brown and white cattle grazing slowly in patchy snow near bare trees. — Cattle graze in a winter field with snow, grass, and trees in the background.

Brown and white cattle fill the foreground and midground of a snowy Minnesota pasture in 1958 home-movie footage. — The herd gathers closer to the camera while grazing in the snowy field.

A 1958 Minnesota frame shows Hereford cattle grazing near patchy snow, bare trees, and a simple fence or gate. — Cattle graze near a fence or gate at the snowy edge of the pasture.

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