South Dakota-1953: White-Faced Cattle Walking Through Grassland With a Mounted Rider

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 · South Dakota, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Livestock handling
Ranching
Rural work
Pastoral landscape
Horseback riding
Agriculture
Everyday rural life

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Approximately eye level, viewing the herd from the side
Setting: outdoor · Open rural pasture with tall grass, scattered fence posts and gently rolling prairie
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate; dry grass suggests late summer or autumn · Dry conditions beneath a pale sky
Lighting: Soft natural daylight
People: 1 · One distant rider in dark clothing sits on a dark-and-white horse near the beginning; facial details are indistinct.
Animals: Brown, white-faced cattle · Dark-and-white horse
Objects: Fence posts · Tall dry grass
Colors: brown · tan · olive green · cream · pale gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A mounted rider follows behind white-faced cattle crossing the grassland.
The herd stretches across the frame as the rider reaches the edge.
A separated animal walks left past pale fence posts.
More cattle enter from the right behind the leading animal.
A closely packed group fills the lower frame while continuing left.

White-Faced Cattle Walking Through Grassland With a... — Clip Details

Probably South Dakota, United States, circa 1953 home movie footage shows brown, white-faced cattle walking left through tall, dry grass. A mounted rider follows behind the herd near the beginning before leaving the composition. The camera pans along the passing animals, with pale fence posts and gently rolling prairie behind them. Soft focus, muted color and visible film marks characterize the continuous shot.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004156

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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: 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 documentary requests for circa 1953 rural American livestock footage, showing a moving herd with horseback accompaniment in open pasture.
Period detail: The mounted rider and unfurnished grassland setting are compatible with the circa 1953 section estimate but offer no precise dating feature.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows passing livestock without visible posing, recording an everyday rural activity from beside the herd.
What appears in frame: Brown bodies, white faces, tall tan grass, pale fence posts, a distant mounted rider and a low prairie horizon define the shot.
Film character: Muted color, soft focus, grain, scratches and slight framing instability retain the texture of projected amateur film.
Edit role: The steady passage of the herd serves as a pastoral action cutaway or a transition between farm work and livestock-yard scenes.
Historical context: Horseback accompaniment places the herd within a working rural setting, while the footage leaves the purpose and destination of the movement unspecified.
Research note: A distant rider and apparently private pasture are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for white-faced cattle crossing prairie pasture, horseback livestock handling and circa 1953 small-gauge rural home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Cattle facing the camera, Man riding a pinto horse and Livestock sales yards, then with likely South Dakota footage circa 1953 or other pastoral livestock scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A loose line of white-faced cattle crosses tall pasture grass, probably South Dakota, circa 1953, with a mounted rider partly visible at the right edge. — White-faced cattle pass through dry grass beneath a broad prairie horizon.
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Brown cattle with white faces move left across a fenced grassland pasture, probably South Dakota, circa 1953. — The moving herd bunches together beside scattered pale fence posts.
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A separated cow leads a cluster through dry grass, probably South Dakota, circa 1953; a pale fence post stands behind the animals. — A gap separates the leading animal from the cattle following at right.
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Overlapping brown-and-white cattle fill the foreground of a prairie pasture, probably South Dakota, circa 1953, continuing left through dry grass. — A dense group of cattle passes across the foreground at the end of the shot.
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