South Carolina-1958: Herd of Cattle Grazing in Open Field

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Carolina, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 South Carolina

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Herd of Cattle Grazing in Open Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene pastoral scene in South Carolina. A herd of cattle grazes peacefully in a wide, grassy field under a dramatic blue sky filled with scattered clouds. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and visible film grain. The camera remains steady, offering a tranquil view of rural life. The dark frame borders and slight vignetting enhance the nostalgic, archival quality of this historical home movie.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127283169

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: South Carolina, 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: 1950s rural South Carolina 8mm footage for documentary or educational edits needing a quiet cattle-grazing cutaway.
Period detail: The open pasture, wire fence posts, and small cattle herd may show mid-century rural land use without visible modern structures.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a steady home-movie view across the field, observing ordinary farm animals without staged action.
What appears in frame: Cattle graze and rest in tall green grass beneath a broad blue sky, with a low horizon, scattered clouds, fence posts, and dark film borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild vignetting, and color variation give the short shot a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a pastoral insert, rural transition, establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet agricultural landscape in South Carolina, showing cattle in open pasture rather than a named farm or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: 1958 South Carolina 8mm cattle grazing, vintage rural pasture home movie, 1950s farm field cutaway, archival livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other South Carolina 1958 material, then broader rural livestock or open-field themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 South Carolina 8mm frame showing cattle spread across an open green pasture beneath a clouded blue sky. — Cattle graze and rest in an open pasture under a broad sky.

Cattle stand and graze in a South Carolina pasture, filmed on 8mm with soft focus and dark frame edges. — A small cattle herd remains scattered across the grassy field.

1958 rural pasture view with cattle grazing and resting in tall grass beneath a cloud-filled blue sky. — Cattle graze and rest across the low, open pasture.

South Carolina home-movie frame of cattle dispersed across an open pasture, with visible grain and soft color. — The shot holds on cattle dispersed across the pasture.

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