Kansas USA-1964: Hereford Cattle Sale On The Farm In The Plains

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationKansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Kansas

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Hereford Cattle Sale On The Farm In The Plains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a Hereford bull with large curved horns at a farm auction in Kansas. The brown and white cattle stand in a grassy field under bright sunlight, surrounded by onlookers in casual 1960s attire. The scene unfolds on the open plains, with a classic station wagon visible in the background, evoking a nostalgic slice of rural American life. The film's natural grain and slight motion blur preserve the authentic feel of a home movie from 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: 124875184

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1964 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: Kansas, 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: Useful for 1960s rural America requests needing farm auction, livestock handling, Kansas plains, or Hereford cattle material for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The clip shows casual mid-century dress, an open grassy farm setting, livestock sale activity, and a station wagon noted in metadata, all consistent with 1964 home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint stays close to the bull as onlookers and handlers stand nearby, giving the scene the informal feel of a visitor recording a farm sale rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horned Hereford bull, grassy field, people standing near the animal, bright sunlight, rope or halter detail, shadowed film edges, and partial auction-area barriers.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical texture of mid-1960s home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief livestock-sale insert, rural Kansas cutaway, agricultural memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of plains farming and cattle culture.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for small-scale rural livestock commerce and social gathering around cattle in the American plains without documenting a named event or institution.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review for some uses; no logos or audible music are flagged, but copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1964 Kansas farm auction footage, 8mm Hereford bull sale, vintage cattle sale home movie, rural plains livestock footage, and 1960s farm crowd cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Kansas farm material, and then with broader rural America, cattle sale, livestock, or plains agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kansas 8mm frame showing a horned Hereford bull close to camera in a grassy farm sale setting with onlookers behind it. — A horned Hereford bull stands close to the camera as people gather in the grassy auction area.

The horned Hereford bull faces forward in bright sun during the Kansas farm sale, with people and a barrier visible behind it. — The bull turns toward the camera while people remain gathered around the sale area.

A close 8mm view shows the Hereford bull shifting in the grassy Kansas sale area, with legs of nearby people visible behind it. — The bull moves through the grass while nearby attendees stand just beyond it.

The 1964 Kansas farm-sale frame shows the horned Hereford bull angled away from camera, with a small crowd standing in the grassy background. — The bull angles away as attendees stand across the open field behind it.

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