Minnesota USA-1958: Large Herd Of Cattle Coming To The Fence In The Ice And Snow

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

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Large Herd Of Cattle Coming To The Fence In The Ice And Snow — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1958: A large herd of cattle moves across a snow-covered farm field, their dark bodies contrasting against the white landscape. In the background, a long barn stands under a pale blue sky, with a fence line visible. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the animals walking and milling in the cold, with patches of ice and slush on the ground. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural camera movement capture a candid moment of rural life in 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: 124864470

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 agriculture requests needing real 8mm cattle footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial cutaways.
Period detail: The snow-covered farmyard, simple fence line, long barn, and faded 8mm color support a late-1950s rural farm setting without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint as cattle drift toward the fence while the camera holds from a practical farmyard distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large dark cattle herd, snow and icy slush, a fence line, a long barn, pale winter sky, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fade, rounded frame edges, and natural handheld steadiness that signal original home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a rural winter insert, livestock cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within farm and Midwest sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday livestock handling in a cold rural landscape, showing cattle gathered outdoors near farm structures in winter conditions.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, land or property context, and broader release needs should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm cattle footage, 1950s winter farm herd, snowy rural livestock home movie, and barn fence cattle scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1958 farm footage, then broader 1950s winter agriculture and livestock material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Large herd of cattle crosses an icy, snow-covered Minnesota farmyard in 1958, with a long barn and fence line behind them. — Cattle gather and move across snow near a barn and fence line.

Cattle spread across a snowy Minnesota farm field in 1958, with dark bodies silhouetted against ice, snow, and a low barn. — The herd continues moving near the fence in a snowy farmyard.

A dense line of cattle stands and walks through slush and snow on a 1958 Minnesota farm, with a barn visible beyond the fence. — Cattle cluster in the snowy yard with barn structures behind them.

The herd bunches near a fence on a snowy 1958 Minnesota farm, while one cow stands close to the right edge of the 8mm frame. — A cow enters the foreground as the herd mills near the snowy fence line.

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