South Dakota-1953: Small Herd Of Black And White Cows Assembled In A Grassy Field

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

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Small Herd Of Black And White Cows Assembled In A Grassy... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a herd of black and white cows gathered in a dry, grassy field under a cloudy sky. The cows stand closely together, some facing forward, others turned sideways, creating a sense of quiet rural life. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of an 8mm home movie. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American agriculture, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127722192

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

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 requests needing 1950s South Dakota rural agriculture, cattle grazing, or quiet Midwestern farm-life cutaways from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century ranch or farm pasture conditions, with black-and-white cattle in dry grass and no modern structures, vehicles, signage, or equipment visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a fixed home-movie distance, valuing the ordinary sight of livestock gathered in open country rather than staging an agricultural process.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small black-and-white cattle herd, dry grassy pasture, low rolling land, cloudy sky, soft 8mm borders, and light film wear.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, slight exposure variation, and dark frame edges that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, pastoral transition, agricultural cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about 1950s American farm life.
Historical context: The view documents cattle in open South Dakota grassland and suggests everyday livestock keeping without showing people, buildings, machinery, or identifiable farm operations.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private structures are visible, but users should still assess copyright status, source permissions, and any location or property context from the full reel.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 South Dakota cattle footage, 1950s 8mm farm pasture, black and white cows in a field, and rural American home movie livestock.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm or travel footage, then other 1953 South Dakota scenes, then broader 1950s rural agriculture or cattle pasture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small herd of black-and-white cattle gathers in a South Dakota pasture in 1953, seen through soft 8mm home-movie grain. — Cattle clustered in dry pasture beneath a broad cloudy sky.

Black-and-white cattle are spread across a grassy South Dakota field in this 1953 8mm home-movie frame. — Herd spread across the pasture with several cows facing the camera.

The herd remains close together in dry South Dakota grass, with soft color and dark 8mm borders visible. — Cattle bunch together in the field as the camera holds from a distance.

Black-and-white cows stand and drift within an open South Dakota pasture, recorded on 1953 8mm home-movie film. — The herd extends toward the right edge of the frame in the open pasture.

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