Minnesota USA-1958: Couple Herding Cattle On Snowy Farm

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

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Couple Herding Cattle On Snowy Farm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a winter scene on a Minnesota farm. A man and woman stand in a snow-covered field, observing a herd of cattle being herded near a snow-dusted barn and silo. The couple wears heavy winter clothing, including a red headscarf and dark coats, as they manage the animals during cold weather. The footage shows natural movement and slight camera shake, with visible film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic slice of rural American life offers nostalgic, archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, and vintage content creators.

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: 124864456

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 requests needing 1950s rural Minnesota winter farm life, cattle handling, or home-movie agricultural footage for documentary, museum, education, or period edit contexts.
Period detail: The snow-covered field, barn, silo, winter clothing, and cattle may show mid-century Upper Midwest farm routines, supported by the 1958 Minnesota metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as two bundled figures stand near cattle in a snowy farmyard while the handheld camera records ordinary winter work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snowy farm field, a herd of cattle, two adults in winter clothing, a barn, a silo, bare trees, fencing, and blue winter sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, color fading, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter cutaway, agricultural insert, family-memory beat, or transition into mid-century farm labor and seasonal chores.
Historical context: The scene visually places cattle work within a cold-weather farm setting, with people and animals sharing a snowy open yard near outbuildings.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any property considerations should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1958 Minnesota farm footage, 8mm winter cattle herding, rural American home movie, snowy barn and silo, or mid-century agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 Minnesota scenes, then broader rural winter farm or cattle-handling material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota farm scene with two adults in winter clothing watching cattle in snow near a barn, silo, fencing, and bare trees. — Two adults stand near cattle in a snow-covered farmyard with a barn and silo in the background.

Two adults in winter clothing stand beside cattle on a snowy Minnesota farm, with a barn roof, silo, fence, and winter trees visible. — Cattle cluster in the snow as two adults stand nearby on the farmyard.

1958 home-movie frame of two bundled adults near cattle on a snowy Minnesota farm, seen with a barn, silo, fencing, and bare winter trees. — A bundled pair stands close to cattle in a snowy farm field.

On a snowy 1958 Minnesota farm, two adults in winter clothing stand near cattle with a barn, silo, fence, and leafless trees behind them. — Cattle stand across the snowy yard as two adults watch from the right side of the frame.

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