United States-1940: White-Faced Cattle Standing Together on Open Grassland

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

ranching
livestock
rural life
agriculture
animal observation
open grassland

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · Approximately cattle head height, looking across the herd toward a low horizon
Setting: outdoor · Open grassland pasture with gently rolling terrain
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · No visible precipitation; sky appears pale and featureless
Lighting: Natural daylight with muted tonal contrast
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Animals: Dense herd of white-faced, dark-bodied cattle consistent with Hereford-type beef cattle
Objects: short pasture vegetation
Colors: black · gray · off-white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A tightly grouped herd fills the foreground beneath an open sky.
Several white-faced animals look toward the camera as nearby heads shift slightly.
The composition holds with scattered animals visible across the distant pasture.

White-Faced Cattle Standing Together on Open Grassland — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows a dense herd of white-faced cattle standing on open grassland. Several foreground animals face the camera, with dark bodies and pale faces overlapping across the frame. More animals scatter across gently rolling ground beneath a broad, pale sky. A nearly fixed black-and-white shot records small head turns and shifts in stance, with visible grain and darkened frame edges.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004248

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1940 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: This circa 1940 American pasture view serves documentary and museum requests for white-faced beef cattle and rural livestock imagery.
Period detail: The monochrome home-movie image may show livestock husbandry of the period, but the animals and landscape supply no narrow dating clue.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on animals watching it, preserving an informal encounter with the herd and its small, unstaged movements.
What appears in frame: White faces, dark bodies, overlapping heads, pasture vegetation, scattered distant animals, low hills and a pale sky fill the view.
Film character: Soft monochrome detail, visible grain, dust, fine scratches and dark frame edges give the projected-film transfer its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the brief held view as a herd portrait or livestock cutaway between wider ranch scenes and closer horse-handling action.
Historical context: The white-faced animals are consistent with Hereford-type beef cattle, whose appearance does not identify a particular American state.
Research note: No people, logos or artworks are visible; copyright licensing is separate from property rights, and the pasture's ownership is not established.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1940 American ranch home movies, black-and-white livestock footage and white-faced cattle on grassland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's ranch horse handling, ranch gate greeting and corral riders, then with broadly dated American ranch scenes and other herd portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dense herd of white-faced cattle faces the camera on open grassland in the United States, circa 1940. — Several foreground animals watch the camera while the herd extends across the pasture.
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A front-right animal looks toward the lens among white-faced cattle in an American pasture, circa 1940. — A prominent pale face at the right anchors the closely grouped herd.
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Foreground cattle with pale faces stand below a low grassland horizon in the United States, circa 1940. — Two near animals remain distinct against the overlapping heads and bodies behind them.
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A tightly grouped cattle herd fills an American grassland view, with more animals near the horizon, circa 1940. — The final sampled view retains the herd portrait and distant line of scattered livestock.
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