United States-1960: Two Riders Drive Cattle Along the Far Bank of a Farm Pond

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Answers requests for authentic circa 1960 American farm or ranch footage showing cattle moved on horseback, suited to documentary, education and nostalgic establishing shots.

Period detail

No vehicles or signs are visible; the saturated blue-cast colour reversal stock and the riders' light shirts may show a mid-century date, supported by Western clothing elsewhere on the reel.

Home-movie behavior

The camera operator stands quietly on the pond shore and follows two riders at their routine work, recording an ordinary farm task rather than a staged event.

What appears in frame

Two riders on horseback, a small herd of tan and dark cattle, a still pond, trees mirrored in the water, green pasture, a dense treeline and a pale summer sky.

Film character

Small-gauge 8mm colour with a heavy blue cast, rich greens, fine grain, dust specks and soft edges from projection give the shot a clear archival home-movie texture.

Edit role

Works as an establishing shot or quiet transition for a farm sequence, or as a reflective memory beat before closer cattle-pen material.

Historical context

The scene shows cattle being driven on horseback across pasture beside a farm pond, a familiar part of livestock work on American farms of the period.

Research note

Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; the two riders are distant and not identifiable, but the location is a private farm whose owner is unknown.

Research search match

Researchers may search for 8mm home movie cattle drive, 1960s cowboys on horseback, vintage farm pond footage, or rural America ranch life archival film.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with this reel's working cattle at a chute, calf in chute with cowboys, and Hereford and black cattle in a holding pen, then with other circa 1960 US farm footage and ranching themes.