United States-1957: Two Horseback Riders Cross a Pasture as a Grey Tractor Passes

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

farm life
horseback riding
agricultural machinery
rural America
1950s summer
horse and tractor

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Flat grassy farm pasture with wooden fence posts and a dense tree line
Time and weather: day · summer · clear, sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 2 · Two riders in white shirts on horseback, seen at a distance with faces not distinguishable.
Animals: horses
Vehicles: farm tractor
Objects: post-hole auger implement · fence posts · tractor wheel · blue foreground object
Colors: green · pale blue · brown · dark navy
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two riders on brown horses walk side by side across the pasture.
A yellow spiral auger appears at the left edge of the frame.
A grey tractor enters the foreground carrying the auger implement.
The tractor passes in front of the riders as a blue object enters lower left.

Two Horseback Riders Cross a Pasture as a Grey Tractor... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957, home movie footage shows two riders in white shirts walking brown horses side by side across a grassy pasture with fence posts and a dark tree line behind. A grey farm tractor with a rear implement carrying a yellow spiral auger then rolls into the foreground and passes in front of the horses. The single handheld 8mm shot is taken from a low position, with a dark out-of-focus shape along the bottom edge and a blue object at lower left.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001970

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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: 1957 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: 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: Serves requests for circa 1957 American farm life where horses and machinery share a field, useful for documentary, education and heritage productions.
Period detail: A grey tractor with a rear-mounted yellow auger may show a 1950s farm implement setup, and the color rendering fits Regular 8mm stock of the era.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on riders out for a walk while farm work carries on, an unstaged moment where leisure and chores overlap on the same pasture.
What appears in frame: Two riders in white shirts on brown horses, a grey tractor with a large rear wheel, a yellow spiral auger, fence posts, a tree line and a pale summer sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain in the sky, saturated greens and a dark foreground shadow give the shot the textured look of projected 8mm home film.
Edit role: Works as a short rural cutaway or memory beat, or as a transition between farmyard family scenes and livestock shots.
Historical context: The shot shows horses and a motorized tractor in the same pasture, a visible mix of older and newer ways of farm life in the American 1950s.
Research note: Film copyright and likeness are separate issues; riders are distant and unnamed, the pasture is private farmland, and no logos or artwork are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches like 1950s horseback riders on farm, vintage tractor in pasture, 8mm farm home movie and rural America circa 1957.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's women on the farm lawn, the man photographing, the young man by the 1950s car and the Angus cow close-up, then other circa 1957 farm footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two horseback riders cross a summer pasture on a United States farm, circa 1957, in 8mm home movie film — Two riders walk their horses across the pasture, circa 1957.
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Horseback riders in a farm field with a tractor auger entering frame, United States, circa 1957 8mm film — A yellow auger edges into view as the riders continue across the field.
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Grey 1950s-style tractor with post-hole auger passes horseback riders in a United States pasture, circa 1957 — A grey tractor carrying an auger passes in front of the horses, circa 1957.
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Farm tractor and two horseback riders share a summer field in circa 1957 8mm home movie, United States — Tractor and riders share the pasture as a blue object enters the lower left of the frame.
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