Missouri USA-1961: Hereford Cattle at Livestock Auction

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMissouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Missouri

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Hereford Cattle at Livestock Auction — Clip Details

MISSOURI USA-1961: Hereford cattle with distinctive brown and white markings stand in metal-fenced pens at a livestock auction facility. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals in a barn-like structure with hay-covered ground and white support posts. The camera moves slightly, offering views through the pen bars, with natural lighting creating a warm, nostalgic atmosphere. This authentic home movie captures rural American farm life in the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124870161

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: 1961 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: Missouri, 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 1960s rural Missouri or American agriculture edits needing home-movie footage of Hereford cattle in livestock auction pens.
Period detail: The metal rail pens, hay-covered ground, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s livestock-market setting without identifying a specific facility.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual visitor-shot feel, viewing the cattle through pen bars with slight handheld movement rather than staged farm coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown-and-white Hereford cattle, white metal railings, pen gates, support posts, hay or dirt flooring, and barn-like auction structure.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural agriculture cutaway, livestock-market insert, transition between farm scenes, or brief memory beat for 1960s Missouri.
Historical context: The scene documents cattle gathered in managed pens, offering visual context for mid-century rural farm commerce and animal handling without showing people.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location access, and any property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Missouri 8mm cattle auction footage, Hereford livestock pens, rural American farm home movies, and vintage agriculture cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel livestock scenes, then Missouri 1961 farm material, then broader 1960s cattle, auction, and rural agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri home-movie frame showing Hereford cattle behind white metal railings at a livestock auction pen. — Hereford cattle are seen through the railings of a livestock pen.

1961 Missouri footage frame with cattle partially obscured by white metal fencing inside a livestock pen. — Cattle stand in a fenced pen, partly hidden by the horizontal rails.

Hereford cattle in a Missouri livestock pen face toward the camera in this 1961 8mm home-movie frame. — Brown-and-white cattle face forward from behind the pen fencing.

1961 Missouri frame showing Hereford cattle side-on behind white railings in a livestock auction pen. — A side view shows Hereford cattle standing close together in the pen.

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