Montana USA-1939: Cows in Rural Field

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationMontana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Montana

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Cows in Rural Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing two cows in a rural field. The black and white film captures a young dark-furred calf and an adult cow with a white face standing in a grassy pasture. The scene is framed by the characteristic dark borders of 8mm film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The cows stand calmly, with one turning its head toward the camera, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century farm life. The background reveals a flat, open landscape with patches of snow or frost, suggesting a cold season. This authentic archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, rural Americana projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121487964

Rights & Clearance

$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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 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: Montana, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1939 Montana 8mm farm-life footage for documentary cutaways, rural Americana sequences, agricultural history edits, or quiet pastoral context.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, open pasture, and simple cattle scene may show late-1930s rural Montana conditions without visible modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds an observational home-movie view as the cattle stand calmly in a field, with one cow occasionally facing toward the lens.
What appears in frame: Two cattle, a dark young calf, a white-faced adult cow, rough grass, low brush, pale snow or frost patches, and open flat ground are visible.
Film character: The clip has coarse 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight handheld drift, and dark frame edges that preserve its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, farm cutaway, cold-season transition, or brief memory beat within a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives a modest visual record of cattle in an open Montana pasture, useful for illustrating everyday rural surroundings rather than a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, animal, and any property-related clearance should still be reviewed by the user.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Montana 8mm cattle footage, black-and-white rural pasture home movie, cows in field archive film, and 1930s farm life cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s farm, cattle, pasture, or winter landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a dark calf and a white-faced cow in an open rural pasture. — Two cattle stand near brush in a cold-looking open field.

Black-and-white 1939 Montana home-movie frame of two cattle paused in a rural field with pale ground patches behind them. — The calf stands side-on while the adult cow faces near the camera.

1939 Montana 8mm still showing two cattle in a rural pasture, with brush and light snow or frost patches in the background. — The cattle remain grouped near brush in the open field.

The white-faced cow looks toward the lens as the calf stands in profile.

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