Montana USA-1939: View Of Cattle Grazing In Pasture On Cloudy Day

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

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View Of Cattle Grazing In Pasture On Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing black and white cattle grazing in a vast, open pasture under an overcast sky. The grainy, monochrome film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible film grain, slight flicker, and dark vertical borders framing the scene. A prominent black and white cow moves across the foreground while other cattle graze in the distance, with rolling hills forming a quiet rural backdrop. The footage captures a peaceful moment of agricultural life with authentic period texture and nostalgic charm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121487990

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana 8mm rural-life footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing cattle grazing, open pasture, and agricultural landscape atmosphere.
Period detail: The monochrome 8mm look, simple open range setting, and lack of modern infrastructure support a late-1930s rural home-movie reading without adding specific local identifiers.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes cattle from a distance with an informal, handheld pasture view, preserving an unstaged record of everyday ranch or farm surroundings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black-and-white cattle, open grass pasture, rolling hills, overcast sky, distant grazing animals, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft monochrome exposure, visible grain, slight flicker, and gate-edge borders consistent with scanned amateur 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural cutaway, agricultural insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a sequence about ranching, land, or livestock.
Historical context: The footage visually places cattle grazing within a broad Montana pasture landscape, offering social context for rural livestock keeping without documenting a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or identifiable private buildings are visible, but copyright, location, livestock ownership, and property context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1930s Montana cattle grazing, 8mm ranch pasture footage, vintage livestock home movie, and rural agricultural landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 rural footage, then with broader cattle, ranching, pasture, or Depression-era agriculture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a black-and-white cow crossing open pasture below low hills, with distant cattle behind it. — A cow moves across a broad pasture with rolling hills in the background.

1939 Montana pasture view with a black-and-white cow in the foreground and scattered cattle near low hills under cloudy light. — Foreground cattle stand in open grazing land beneath a cloudy sky.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle grazing and resting in a pasture, with bare trees and low hills in the background. — Cattle graze and rest in a pasture near a sparse tree line.

1939 Montana 8mm view of a black-and-white cow in open pasture, with distant livestock and rolling hills under overcast sky. — A cow stands in open pasture as distant livestock dot the hillside landscape.

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