South Dakota-1953: Cattle Walking Across Field near Barn

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

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Cattle Walking Across Field near Barn — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a herd of brown and white cows walking across a dry, open farm field in South Dakota. The cattle move steadily past a weathered wooden barn and rustic fence, their hooves kicking up dust under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century rural life and farming practices.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127721925

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural agriculture sequences needing South Dakota home-movie footage of cattle moving through an open farm field.
Period detail: The weathered wooden barn, rail fencing, dry pasture, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century farm setting without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a nearby fixed vantage, giving the clip an informal farm-family record rather than a staged agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, dry grass, a weathered barn, rail fencing, open prairie, dust, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible grain, slight softness, and handheld home-movie framing that add archival texture to the farm scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural cutaway, transition, livestock insert, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s Plains agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents cattle near simple wooden farm structures in an open South Dakota landscape, with no people or machinery visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 8mm South Dakota cattle, vintage farm barn footage, mid-century rural home movie, and cows walking in pasture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm material, then other South Dakota 1953 rural clips, then broader 1950s livestock, barn, and Plains agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing brown and white cattle moving across dry pasture near a weathered barn and wooden fencing. — Cattle pass in front of a weathered farm barn and rail fence.

Brown and white cattle cross a dry South Dakota farm field near a weathered barn opening and rail fence in 1953 8mm footage. — The herd continues past the barn and fence line.

South Dakota farm frame with a cow partly visible in dry grass, a weathered barn, rough fencing, and open prairie beyond. — A cow moves out of frame beside the weathered barn and open field.

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of cattle grouped in dry pasture, with fence posts and open prairie stretching behind them. — Cattle gather in the dry field with open prairie in the background.

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