Idaho-1955: Indian Riding Horse Across The Plains

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Indian Riding Horse Across The Plains — Clip Details

A young person rides a white horse across the open plains of Idaho in 1955, captured on vintage 8mm film. The rider, wearing a dark jacket and a light-colored scarf, guides the horse at a steady trot through the golden, sun-drenched landscape. The footage shows natural motion blur and the characteristic grain and warm color palette of mid-century home movies, with the vast, flat terrain stretching to the horizon under a pale sky. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of freedom and rural Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545863

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1955 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: Idaho, 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: Supports 1950s rural Idaho or Western Plains sequences needing brief archival home-movie footage of horseback riding in open country.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, open landscape, simple riding clothes, and 1955 metadata place the scene in mid-century rural Idaho.
Home-movie behavior: The rider appears unstaged, guiding the horse across open ground while the camera follows from a home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rider in dark clothing, a white horse, open plains, low horizon, pale sky, warm grassland, and occasional motion blur.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, grain, and exposure shifts typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for rural life, riding, Western landscape, or family-film texture.
Historical context: The footage reflects a personal view of horseback riding in open Idaho terrain without confirming tribal affiliation, identity, or organized event context.
Research note: A visible rider may raise likeness or identification questions, while copyright and any location or property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Idaho horseback riding, 8mm rural plains footage, vintage horse rider, and mid-century Western home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1955 Idaho material, then broader rural riding, plains, horses, and Western home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing a rider in dark clothing on a white horse crossing open plains in warm light. — A rider on a white horse moves across open Idaho plains.

Soft 8mm frame with warm-toned grass or brush, likely from the same Idaho riding sequence. — A blurred warm-toned view of grass or brush interrupts the riding sequence.

1955 Idaho home-movie frame of a rider leaning forward on a white horse against a broad plains horizon. — The rider leans forward while the horse moves across the plain.

A profile view shows the horse and rider crossing sunlit grassland.

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