South Dakota-1953: Man Wearing Blue Shirt Walks Behind Small Herd Of Hereford

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

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Man Wearing Blue Shirt Walks Behind Small Herd Of Hereford — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a small herd of Hereford cattle in a rural South Dakota setting. The cows, with their distinctive black and white markings, stand in a wooden-fenced enclosure under a clear sky. A man wearing a blue shirt walks behind the herd, moving through the frame. The footage shows natural farm life with a rustic barn and hay in the background, exhibiting the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127721547

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.

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural American agriculture requests needing brief home-movie footage of Hereford cattle and a farm worker in South Dakota.
Period detail: The wooden fencing, simple outbuilding, dry yard, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century farm setting, with 1953 and South Dakota supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close to the cattle as they shift in the pen, catching an unstaged farmyard moment as a man walks behind the herd.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Hereford cattle, a man in a blue shirt, weathered wooden fencing, a small barn or shed, hay or straw on the ground, and open daylight.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld framing that give it home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural agriculture insert, livestock cutaway, South Dakota transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1950s farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday cattle handling in a small fenced farm enclosure without enough visual evidence to identify the farm, family, or exact community.
Research note: A man is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately from the absence of visible logos.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 8mm South Dakota farm footage, Hereford cattle home movie, 1950s rural livestock pen, and man in blue shirt with cattle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm scenes, then other 1953 South Dakota footage, then broader 1950s livestock, barns, and rural work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of Hereford cattle clustered in a rustic fenced farmyard. — Hereford cattle crowd near the wooden fence in the farm pen.

Hereford cattle stand in a South Dakota farm enclosure, with fencing and low structures behind them. — Cattle face the camera inside a weathered wooden enclosure.

Mid-century 8mm view of Hereford cattle in a fenced South Dakota farmyard with a small shed behind. — The herd shifts in front of a shed and wooden fence.

A man in a blue shirt walks behind Hereford cattle in a 1953 South Dakota farm enclosure. — A man passes behind the cattle near the shed wall.

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