Minnesota USA-1958: Cows Grazing in Snow on Farm with Barn

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

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Cows Grazing in Snow on Farm with Barn — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a herd of cows grazing in a snow-covered farm field in Minnesota. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows dark cattle moving across the white landscape, with a barn and long feeding structure visible in the background under a pale sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight flicker, natural grain, and soft focus—evoking a nostalgic, mid-century rural American scene. This authentic archival clip offers a quiet glimpse into 1950s farm life during winter.

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: 124864520

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 home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing winter farm life, cattle, and agricultural landscape cutaways.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century farm infrastructure, with a long feeding line, a low barn or shed, open snowy field, and dark cattle under a pale winter sky.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from field level in an unstaged home-movie manner, holding on animals moving and feeding rather than presenting a formal agricultural view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark cattle, patchy snow, muddy winter ground, a long feed structure, a low barn or shed, distant fencing, and pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight flicker, faded color, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief rural insert, seasonal transition, agricultural cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century American farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for winter livestock keeping on a Minnesota farm without making claims about the farm, owners, breed, or specific agricultural practice.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and property-related permissions should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Minnesota farm footage, 8mm cows in snow, vintage winter livestock field, and 1950s rural home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1958 farm scenes, then broader 1950s winter agriculture or cattle footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota farm scene showing cattle spread across a snow-covered field, with distant fencing and low farm buildings under a pale sky. — Cattle gather along a snowy winter field on a Minnesota farm.

1958 Minnesota winter farm view with cattle near a long feed line, patchy snow, and a low barn or shed in the background. — Cattle move near a feeding area with snow and a low farm building behind them.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of cattle in a snowy field beside a long feed structure, with a low farm building beyond. — A snowy cattle field is seen from a low, handheld home-movie viewpoint.

1958 Minnesota farm footage showing cattle scattered across a snowy field, with a long feed structure and low barn in the background. — Cattle stand across a patchy snow field beside a long farm feeding area.

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