South Dakota-1953: Man Baling Hay and Saddling a Horse on a Farm

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Man Baling Hay and Saddling a Horse on a Farm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a man working on a South Dakota farm. Dressed in light-colored work clothes and a dark cap, he bends to gather hay bales in a vast, dry field under a blue sky with scattered clouds. In later frames, he moves to a white horse, adjusting its saddle. Farm equipment is visible in the background, and the footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic mid-century rural American lifestyle.

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: 127720779

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: 1953 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 Dakota, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s rural American farm labor footage, especially documentary cutaways of hay work, horse handling, and South Dakota home-movie agriculture.
Period detail: The light work clothes, open dry field, simple tack, and visible farm machinery may show mid-century ranch or farm routines in South Dakota.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value, following a man as he gathers hay in the field and then works close to a white horse.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in pale work clothes, loose hay, a white horse, saddle or tack, open prairie field, distant farm equipment, blue sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, dust marks, mild fading, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor insert, a transition between farm tasks, or a quiet memory beat of horse care after field work.
Historical context: The footage visually places manual hay handling and horse preparation within a wide rural landscape without establishing the farm owner or exact property.
Research note: A visible adult may raise likeness considerations, while copyright and any location or property questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1953 South Dakota farm home movie, 8mm hay baling footage, man saddling horse, and mid-century rural ranch work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other South Dakota 1953 farm scenes, then broader 1950s agriculture, haying, and horse-care footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of a man in light work clothes bending over hay in an open field under a partly cloudy sky. — A man gathers or handles hay in a wide farm field.

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a man paused beside loose hay in a broad rural field with equipment on the horizon. — The man stands near gathered hay with machinery visible beyond the field.

1953 South Dakota frame of a man working close to a white horse, appearing to adjust saddle or bridle tack in a farm field. — The man reaches toward the horse while handling its tack.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a man beside a white horse, bent over as he adjusts tack near loose hay. — The man continues preparing the horse beside the hay field.

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