Minnesota USA-1958: Cattle Herd in Snowy Field with Barn

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

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Cattle Herd in Snowy Field with Barn — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1958: A herd of dark-colored cattle stands in a snow-covered field, with a barn visible in the background under a pale blue sky. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet winter day on a farm, with the animals gathered closely together. The image shows natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1950s. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse into rural life during the era.

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: 124864475

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 requests needing late-1950s Minnesota rural winter farm footage, especially documentary or educational sequences about livestock, weather, and everyday agricultural settings.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century farm conditions through snow-covered pasture, simple outbuildings, fencing, and a static home-movie view of cattle in winter.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing cattle from a fixed distance without narration, posing, or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark cattle, snow-covered ground, muddy patches, low farm buildings, fence lines, pale blue sky, and the dark borders of the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and modest exposure variation across the short shot.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter cutaway, agricultural insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a mid-century farm-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for rural Minnesota livestock keeping in winter, while avoiding claims beyond the visible herd, snowy field, and farm structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still verify copyright status and any property-related use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1958 Minnesota cattle in snow, 1950s farm livestock 8mm, winter pasture home movie, and rural agricultural archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Minnesota or 1958 farm footage, and then with broader winter livestock or rural life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a herd of dark cattle in a snow-covered field near low farm buildings. — Cattle gather across a snowy pasture with farm structures behind them.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame with dark cattle spread across a snowy farm field under a pale sky. — The herd remains clustered in the winter field near low buildings.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing cattle in a snowy pasture with distant farm fencing or a long structure behind them. — Cattle stand and graze across the snow-marked pasture.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of cattle grouped in a snowy field, with a long distant farm structure under a pale sky. — The final frame holds on the herd in the winter farm field.

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