Kansas USA-1964: Beef Bull Standing in Muddy Pen

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Beef Bull Standing in Muddy Pen — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a large brown and white beef bull standing in a muddy farm pen. The animal, with a white face and legs, is shown from the side, its tail occasionally swishing. In the background, a simple fence and green field are visible under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural Kansas life. A brief shot of a tree and power lines transitions to a blurry view of a person in a straw hat, suggesting a farmer observing the animal. This authentic 1960s farm footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124875316

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kansas, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 Kansas agriculture requests needing authentic home-movie footage of livestock handling, farm pens, or beef cattle as documentary cutaway material.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show a mid-1960s farm setting, with a simple muddy pen, wire fencing, open field, work clothing, and a straw hat visible in the final shot.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the bull from a casual farmyard distance, then drifts toward nearby people, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie record of animal viewing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown-and-white bull, muddy pen ground, fence posts, green field, overcast sky, trees, power lines, and partly seen adults near the end.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie texture, with soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, slight handheld movement, and exposure variation across the frames.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural agriculture insert, livestock cutaway, Kansas memory beat, or brief transition from animal detail to farm observers.
Historical context: The footage visually documents everyday farm livestock observation without confirming breed, farm ownership, or the identity of the people partly visible at the end.
Research note: People appear briefly and indistinctly, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, animal, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Kansas 8mm farm footage, vintage beef bull in muddy pen, 1960s livestock home movie, and old rural cattle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm shots, then other Kansas 1964 rural material, then broader 1960s livestock, cattle, and home-movie agriculture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kansas 8mm frame of a brown-and-white beef bull standing in a muddy farm pen, with fence posts and green field in the background. — A bull stands in profile in a muddy pen, with a fence and open field beyond.

The bull remains in profile as the handheld camera holds on the farm pen.

Soft, blurred 8mm frame from the Kansas farm scene, showing sky, distant field, dark trees, and a low fence line. — The camera shifts away from the animal toward the surrounding field and trees.

1964 Kansas 8mm frame with two partly visible adults near a farm setting, one in a straw hat, with trees and power lines behind them. — Two adults are partly visible at the edge of the farm scene as the camera drifts past trees and power lines.

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