Minnesota USA-1958: Cattle in Snow-Covered Feedlot

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

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Cattle in Snow-Covered Feedlot — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1958: A herd of brown cattle stands in a snow-covered feedlot, their breath visible in the cold air. The vintage 8mm film captures the scene with characteristic grain and soft focus, showing the animals clustered near a long, low building in the background. The muted colors and slightly faded quality evoke a nostalgic, mid-century rural American atmosphere, with the cattle calmly gathered in the winter landscape.

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: 124864529

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

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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 1950s rural Minnesota or Midwestern agriculture sequences needing winter livestock, feedlot, or farmstead cutaway material from home-movie-era 8mm footage.
Period detail: The snow-covered feedlot, low farm building, muted color, and 8mm texture support a late-1950s rural farm setting without visible signs, brands, or modern equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes cattle from a fixed outdoor vantage, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of everyday winter farm conditions.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown cattle, packed snow, muddy feedlot ground, a long low building, pale winter sky, fence or rail lines, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, dust marks, and contact-sheet frame edges that give it a physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural winter insert, agricultural transition, livestock cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents cattle gathered outdoors in cold conditions, offering visual context for rural animal husbandry and farm landscapes in mid-century Minnesota.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Minnesota cattle feedlot, winter farm livestock 8mm footage, brown cattle in snow, and rural American home movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Minnesota 1958 farm footage, then with broader winter livestock or Midwestern agriculture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing brown cattle gathered on snow-covered feedlot ground near a long low farm building. — Cattle stand across a snowy feedlot near a low farm building.

Cattle in a snowy Minnesota feedlot appear scattered across the frame, with a low building and pale winter sky behind them. — A herd remains gathered in the snow-covered feedlot.

Brown cattle stand in the foreground and middle distance of a snowy 1958 Minnesota farm feedlot, with low buildings beyond. — Cattle are seen from a steady home-movie viewpoint in the winter yard.

The final frame shows cattle spread through a snow-covered Minnesota feedlot, with low farm structures in the distance. — Cattle remain spread across the snowy farm feedlot.

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