Montana USA-1939: A Cow Roaming Freely In A Field

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

A Cow Roaming Freely In A Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a black and white cow roaming freely across a vast, open field. The cow walks steadily through the dry, grassy terrain under an overcast sky, with rolling hills in the distance. Another cow is visible in the background, grazing or resting. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and dark vertical frame edges, capturing a quiet moment of rural life. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American countryside.

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: 121488001

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural Montana inserts, documentary cutaways, or agricultural home-movie references showing cattle in open range-like pasture.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1930s ranch or farm land, with open grass, distant low hills, and no visible modern infrastructure in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a cow moving across the field from a simple, unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on everyday rural animal activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white cow, open dry grassland, distant cattle, low rolling hills, pale sky, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight jitter, uneven exposure, and dark vertical frame edges that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, rural transition, livestock insert, or memory beat within a Montana or American countryside sequence.
Historical context: The footage places cattle within a broad rural landscape, offering visual context for everyday ranch or farm environments without identifying a specific property.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but users should still evaluate copyright, location context, and any property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 Montana cattle footage, 8mm rural home movie, cow in open field, American ranch landscape, and 1930s farm cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Montana 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s livestock, pasture, and American countryside scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a cow in dry open grassland with low hills and other cattle in the distance. — A cow stands in an open Montana field with hills across the horizon.

1939 Montana home-movie frame of a black-and-white cow crossing dry grassland beneath a pale sky. — The cow walks through a sparse field with low hills behind it.

1939 Montana 8mm still with a cow moving through open pasture and faint cattle visible farther back. — A cow continues across the open pasture as the camera holds a wide view.

Wide 1939 Montana frame showing a cow in open grassland, a distant animal, and low hills under a washed sky. — The wide view places the cow against open grassland and a low hill line.

Visually Similar Clips