Minnesota USA-1958: Cows in Winter Pasture

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

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Cows in Winter Pasture — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a herd of cows standing in a snowy winter pasture in Minnesota. The cows, mostly dark brown with some white markings, are clustered together in a line along a snow-covered field under a pale blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight camera shake, and the characteristic dark borders of an 8mm home movie. A distant structure is visible in the background, adding depth to the rural winter scene. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet farm life and Americana nostalgia.

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: 124864513

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: 1950s rural Minnesota cattle footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a short winter farm-life insert.
Period detail: The scene may show midcentury small-farm pasture conditions, with cattle outdoors in snow and a low agricultural structure visible in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view feels observational and unstaged, holding on cattle gathered in a snowy field from a home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a line of dark cattle, snow-covered pasture, pale winter sky, distant farm structure, film-frame borders, and surface dust.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, mild gate weave, visible grain, dust, scratches, and dark frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter cutaway, farm-life insert, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat between broader agricultural scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for cold-weather livestock keeping in a rural Minnesota setting without identifying a specific farm or owner.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Minnesota cows, 8mm winter pasture, vintage farm cattle, rural snow field, and home movie livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1958 Minnesota footage, then broader rural winter farm or livestock scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing cattle lined across a snow-covered pasture with a low structure in the background. — Cattle gather in a snowy winter pasture under a pale sky.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of cattle clustered along a snowy pasture, with dark 8mm borders and a distant farm structure. — A herd stands in a line across the winter field.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame with cattle grouped across a snow-covered pasture and a low background structure softened by film grain. — Cattle remain grouped near the edge of the snowy pasture.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame showing cattle across a snowy pasture, pale sky, distant structure, and visible film scratches. — The final frame holds on cattle across the snow-covered field.

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