South Dakota-1953: Farmer Herds Cattle in Wooden Corral

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Farmer Herds Cattle in Wooden Corral — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a farmer in a blue jacket and cap walking through a wooden corral with a herd of brown and white bovines. The cattle, some with distinctive white faces, move calmly in the rural South Dakota setting, framed by a weathered barn and wooden fencing. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the authentic color palette of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s farm life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127721557

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s rural agriculture footage for documentary sequences needing a brief home-movie view of cattle handling on a South Dakota farm or ranch.
Period detail: The 8mm color, work jacket and cap, weathered wooden fencing, and barn-like structure support a mid-century farm setting without adding specific site claims.
Home-movie behavior: The farmer walks through the corral while cattle move around the camera, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie record of everyday livestock work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, white-faced bovines, a farmer in a blue jacket and cap, straw-covered ground, wooden rails, and a weathered outbuilding.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an agricultural cutaway, rural-life insert, transition into farm labor, or memory beat in a 1950s family or regional sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents cattle in a fenced rural corral and may support broader context around mid-century farm and ranch routines in South Dakota.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations remain separate from the absence of visible logos.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1953 South Dakota 8mm cattle corral, 1950s farm home movie, farmer with herd, and vintage rural livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1953 South Dakota farm scenes, then broader 1950s rural livestock or ranch footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a farmer in a blue jacket among brown and white cattle near wooden fencing. — Farmer stands behind cattle gathered in a weathered wooden corral.

1953 South Dakota farm frame with white-faced cattle close to camera and a farmer partly visible near the corral fence. — Cattle move forward in the corral while the farmer remains near the fencing.

Close 8mm view of cattle with white faces and dark coats in a South Dakota corral, with fencing behind them. — White-faced cattle fill the foreground of the corral shot.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing clustered cattle in the foreground and a farmer bending near the wooden corral. — Cattle cluster together as the farmer bends beside the herd.

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