South Dakota-1953: The Farmer And His Cattle

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

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The Farmer And His Cattle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a farmer in a blue jacket and cap tending to a herd of brown and white cattle on a South Dakota farm. The footage shows the animals in a wooden-fenced enclosure, with close-ups of their bodies and faces, and a view through a circular opening. The grainy, color-bleached aesthetic reflects the era's home movie style, offering authentic archival footage of rural 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 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: 127721571

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural America sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of a farmer and cattle on a South Dakota farm.
Period detail: The wooden fencing, work clothes, cattle enclosure, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century family farm conditions without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes at close range with handheld movement, suggesting an unstaged home-movie view of routine livestock tending.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, a farmer in a blue jacket and cap, rough wooden fencing, straw-covered ground, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a rural-life insert, livestock cutaway, farm-memory beat, or transitional detail in a mid-century agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The footage places cattle handling within a small farm enclosure, offering visual context for everyday ranch or farm work in 1950s South Dakota.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 South Dakota farm home movie, 8mm cattle footage, vintage farmer tending herd, and mid-century rural livestock scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with South Dakota 1953 farm material, and then with broader 1950s agriculture or cattle footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black and white cow stands in a South Dakota farm enclosure in 1953 home-movie footage. — Cow standing close to the camera inside a fenced farm area.

A farmer in a blue jacket and cap stands near cattle in a fenced South Dakota farm area. — Farmer tending cattle beside rough wooden fencing.

Cattle pass close to the 8mm camera, with wooden fencing visible behind them. — Close handheld view of cattle bodies moving through the enclosure.

Several cattle gather in a dim farm enclosure, with a circular bright flare and wooden slats visible. — Herd clustered inside or beside a dark wooden cattle enclosure.

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