South Dakota-1953: Man Wearing Black Hat Rides Black And White Horse Across Tan Field

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

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Man Wearing Black Hat Rides Black And White Horse Across... — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and black hat rides a black and white horse across a vast tan field in South Dakota, 1953. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the rider moving steadily from left to right through an open prairie landscape under a cloudy sky. The grainy, color-graded quality of the vintage home movie evokes a sense of Americana and rural life in the mid-20th century. The horse's distinctive markings and the expansive flat terrain are prominent features of this archival clip.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127721391

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: 1953 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: South Dakota, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural America sequences needing a brief horseback riding insert or prairie recreation cutaway from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The rider's hat, simple shirt, saddle, open field, and color 8mm texture support a mid-century rural setting, with South Dakota and 1953 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage appears casually observed, holding on one rider and horse moving across open land without staged performance or formal camera setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white horse, adult rider in a dark hat, saddle, tan prairie grass, distant low horizon, cloudy sky, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and slight handheld framing that give the short scene a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural life insert, travel-memory beat, prairie transition, or visual bridge for horseback recreation in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents an adult horseback rider crossing open South Dakota grassland, suggesting everyday recreation or ranch-adjacent mobility without confirming occupation.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, children, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s South Dakota horseback riding, 8mm prairie rider, vintage home movie horse in field, and rural America color footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s prairie, ranch, horse, and rural recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In South Dakota, 1953, an adult rider in a dark hat sits on a black-and-white horse crossing an open prairie field. — An adult rider on a black-and-white horse moves across tan prairie grass under a cloudy sky.

The 1953 South Dakota home-movie frame shows the rider and black-and-white horse moving across open grassland. — The rider and horse pass through the field with distant flat terrain in the background.

Side view of an adult rider on a black-and-white horse in South Dakota prairie footage dated 1953 by metadata. — A side-on view holds the rider and horse against open prairie and a cloudy sky.

A wider 1953 South Dakota frame places the horseback rider small within a broad, open prairie field. — The shot widens, showing the rider and horse small against the expansive grassland.

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