South Dakota-1953: Farmer Washing Cattle and Working with Tractor

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

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Farmer Washing Cattle and Working with Tractor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a farmer in a white jumpsuit and cap tending to cattle on a South Dakota farm. The footage shows him using a water hose to wash down a group of brown and white cows in a wooden-fenced pen, with a rustic barn visible in the background. In another scene, a man stands beside a yellow vintage tractor, inspecting or preparing the machine. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, authentic feel of mid-century rural 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127722046

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 requests needing authentic farm labor, cattle care, or tractor cutaways for documentary, education, or period editorial sequences.
Period detail: Visible clues include a yellow mid-century tractor, wooden livestock fencing, work clothes, caps, and a farmyard setting that supports the supplied 1953 South Dakota context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the farmer's practical handling of cattle and equipment rather than a posed agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man beside a tractor, a farmer spraying cattle with a hose, brown and white cows, rough wooden fencing, dry ground, and farm buildings in the background.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, rural life cutaway, farm work transition, or memory beat connecting machinery and animal care.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for family-shot mid-century livestock work on a farm, with emphasis on everyday routines and practical equipment use.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately from the visual metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s South Dakota farm footage, 8mm cattle washing, vintage tractor farmyard, farmer with hose, and home movie rural life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other scenes from the same reel, then with 1953 South Dakota material, then with mid-century farm chores, livestock care, or tractor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1953 South Dakota farm context, a man stands beside a yellow tractor near rough wooden fencing and farm structures. — A man stands by a yellow tractor in the farmyard.

A farmer in light work clothes and cap uses a hose on brown and white cattle in a fenced farm pen, consistent with the supplied South Dakota setting. — A farmer hoses down cattle in a wooden-fenced pen.

The farmer, viewed from behind, directs a hose across several brown and white cattle gathered near rough wooden fencing on the farm. — The farmer sprays cattle gathered along the fence.

A farmer in a light jumpsuit and cap holds a hose while brown and white cattle cluster around him in a fenced South Dakota farmyard. — The farmer continues washing cattle in the outdoor pen.

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