Chadron Nebraska-1959: Two Hereford Cattle in Farm Pen

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationChadron, Nebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Nebraska

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Two Hereford Cattle in Farm Pen — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures two brown and white Hereford cattle standing in a muddy farm enclosure. The animals are positioned near a wooden fence with stacked hay bales in the background, surrounded by leafless trees suggesting early spring. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a faded color palette typical of mid-century home movies. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse into rural farm life in Chadron, Nebraska.

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: 125882028

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: 1959 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: Chadron, Nebraska, 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 America requests needing a brief farm-life cutaway of Hereford cattle in an 8mm home-movie setting.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century ranch or farm details in the wooden pen, hay bales, muddy ground, and subdued color typical of 1959 amateur 8mm footage.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static framing suggests an unstaged home-movie observation of livestock during everyday farm activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two Hereford cattle, a muddy enclosure, wooden fencing, stacked hay bales, bare trees, and open rural ground.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, slight motion blur, and faded color that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, livestock cutaway, transition beat, or quiet memory detail within a farm or Plains-region sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for small-scale livestock keeping in a rural Nebraska setting without showing identifiable people or specific public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, livestock, and property-use questions should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 8mm Nebraska farm cattle, Hereford cattle in muddy pen, rural home movie livestock, and mid-century ranch footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chadron Nebraska 1959 material, then broader 1950s farm and livestock footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two Hereford cattle in a muddy farm enclosure near hay bales and bare trees, Chadron Nebraska, 1959. — Hereford cattle stand beside a fence and stacked hay in a muddy rural pen.

A static 1959 8mm view of Hereford cattle standing near hay bales in a rural Chadron, Nebraska enclosure. — The cattle hold near the fence line as hay bales and trees fill the background.

Hereford cattle are seen at a distance in a muddy Chadron, Nebraska farm pen, with stacked hay and bare trees behind. — A wider, soft-focus view places the cattle within the muddy enclosure and tree-lined farm setting.

Two Hereford cattle stand in the farm pen near hay bales and fencing in the final 1959 Chadron, Nebraska frame. — The closing frame keeps the cattle near the fence, with hay bales and a tree line behind them.

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