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

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationMontana, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 Montana
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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 Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121488001

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Montana, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

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  • 1939
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  • vintage 8mm farm animals
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  • free-roaming cow
  • open field landscape
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  • American countryside
  • old film grain
  • pastoral life 1930s
  • historical animal footage
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  • documentary stock footage
  • rural wildlife
  • vintage film archive
  • old home movie
  • 1930s Americana
  • black and white archival
  • cow grazing field

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.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cow standing in an open field with distant hills and another cow nearby.

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