Minnesota USA-1958: Cows Standing in Snowy Field Near Barn

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

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Cows Standing in Snowy Field Near Barn — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1958: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a snowy farm scene with a herd of cows standing in a snow-covered field. A large white barn with a snow-dusted roof stands in the background, surrounded by bare trees under a pale blue sky. The cows, mostly dark-colored with some white faces, are scattered across the field, some looking toward the camera while others graze or stand still. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering an authentic slice of mid-century rural life. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124864442

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: 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 archive requests needing late-1950s Minnesota rural winter farm footage for documentary, education, or editorial cutaways.
Period detail: The snow-covered barn, fenced pasture, and cattle may show mid-century Upper Midwest farm conditions, supported by the 1958 Minnesota metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged farmyard perspective, with cattle standing and milling in snow as the camera observes from a family home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snowy pasture, dark cattle with some white faces, a large barn, rail fencing, bare winter trees, pale sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, blue winter color shift, uneven exposure, gate edges, and gentle handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter insert, farm-life cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat between family or agricultural scenes.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for livestock kept outdoors in a snowy Minnesota farm setting without making claims about ownership or farming practice.
Research note: Rights review should account for possible people flagged in the clip metadata, plus separate copyright, likeness, and property considerations where applicable.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm farm footage, snowy cattle pasture, winter barn scene, and mid-century rural home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm scenes, then other 1958 Minnesota footage, then broader rural winter livestock or barn material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing cattle in a snow-covered farm field with a large barn in the background. — Cattle stand across a snowy farm pasture near a barn in winter.

1958 Minnesota farm scene with dark cattle and a white-faced cow in a snowy field near a barn and rail fence. — Cows gather in a snow-covered field with a barn and winter trees beyond.

Snowy Minnesota farm footage from 1958 showing cattle clustered near a fence, with barn rooflines beyond. — A herd of cattle stands close to the camera in a winter farm field.

1958 Minnesota 8mm still of cattle in a winter pasture, with fencing and snow-covered farm structures in the background. — Cattle stand across a snowy pasture near farm buildings and fencing.

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