South Dakota-1953: Cattle Standing in Wooden Pens Outside a Livestock Sales Building

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 · South Dakota, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

livestock commerce
agriculture
animal enclosures
rural infrastructure
mid century daily life
home movie observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld · Slightly elevated view across the pens toward the sales building
Setting: outdoor · Commercial livestock yard with wooden enclosures, low buildings and distant hills
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Clear sky
Lighting: Natural daylight with shaded areas beneath the roof and within the foreground pen
People: 0 · No clearly discernible people.
Animals: Several brown and white cattle
Objects: wooden rail fences · livestock gates · fence posts · sales building · rooftop sign · small roof windows · smaller adjacent building · utility poles · pole-mounted lights
Readable signs: STOCKMANS · SALES EVERY
Colors: weathered gray · brown · muted blue-green · cream · dark charcoal
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A wide view establishes cattle in foreground pens beneath the Stockmans sign.
The cattle shift slightly within the wooden enclosure.
The camera continues holding the sales building and intersecting rows of fences.

Cattle Standing in Wooden Pens Outside a Livestock Sales... — Clip Details

Probably South Dakota, circa 1953 home movie footage shows cattle standing in wooden livestock pens outside a sales building. Weathered rails and gates divide the foreground into narrow enclosures, with several brown and white animals clustered near the camera. A rooftop sign reads “STOCKMANS,” with “SALES EVERY” visible farther along the roofline, as the camera holds a wide view with slight handheld movement.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004158

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Supports requests for circa 1953 rural commerce footage showing cattle pens and the exterior of a livestock sales building.
Period detail: Weathered timber enclosures, rooftop business lettering and the low sales building provide period texture without fixing an exact date.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view records the yard from an observer’s position, with no visible staging or interaction with the camera.
What appears in frame: Several cattle stand among wooden gates and rails, with a dark-roofed sales building, rooftop lettering, poles and low hills beyond.
Film character: Muted color, soft focus, visible grain, scattered film marks and slight framing movement characterize the projected-film capture.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing insert or cutaway linking pasture cattle with a commercial livestock setting.
Historical context: The business sign and extensive fenced enclosures show infrastructure for livestock sales, although no transaction or auction is visible.
Research note: No identifiable faces are visible; business signage and privately operated premises appear, and footage copyright is separate from property or trademark permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1953 cattle pens, probable South Dakota livestock yards, Stockmans signage and small-gauge agricultural home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Cattle facing the camera and Herd crossing grassland from this reel, then probable South Dakota material around circa 1953, followed by other livestock sales yards.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably South Dakota, circa 1953: brown and white cattle fill a foreground pen beneath the Stockmans rooftop sign. — Foreground cattle and weathered rails lead toward the livestock sales building.
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Wooden stockyard enclosures and clustered cattle, probably South Dakota, circa 1953, with sales buildings beyond. — Intersecting pen rails fill the yard in front of the signed building.
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Probably South Dakota, circa 1953: cattle below tall yard poles and a broad-roofed livestock sales building. — Tall poles rise above the wooden livestock pens and rooftop lettering.
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A gated cattle enclosure and Stockmans sales building, probably South Dakota, circa 1953, near the end of the shot. — The final sampled frame holds the cattle, gate and sales-yard buildings.
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