Montana USA-1939: Views Of Stray Cattle, Men On Horseback At Muddy Ranch

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

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Views Of Stray Cattle, Men On Horseback At Muddy Ranch — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, capturing a rural ranch scene. The black-and-white film shows stray cattle grazing in a vast, open field with rolling hills in the background. A man in a wide-brimmed hat rides a horse through muddy terrain, herding cattle near wooden fences and farm structures. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, film scratches, and natural motion, offering authentic archival material of early 20th-century American agriculture and ranch life.

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: 121488014

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1930s Montana ranch-life requests needing brief editorial footage of cattle, horseback herding, muddy corrals, and rural agricultural work.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed hat, wooden fencing, open range, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie look support a late-1930s rural ranch setting without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, watching cattle and mounted ranch work from a nearby home-movie vantage point rather than a formal production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cattle in open pasture, a mounted man, muddy ground, wooden fence lines, ranch structures, rolling hills, and rough corral areas.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust, scratches, and handheld framing across the brief ranch sequence.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for rural labor, ranching, livestock movement, or Depression-era American West context.
Historical context: The scene visually documents everyday ranch activity, with cattle near open land and corrals, while avoiding claims about ownership, breed, or named community.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s Montana 8mm ranch footage, cattle herding on horseback, muddy corral scenes, rural agriculture, and home-movie livestock work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel ranch footage, then other Montana 1939 rural scenes, then broader 1930s cattle, horseback, agriculture, and American West material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle spread across open ranch land with rolling hills beyond. — Stray cattle graze across open ranch land below low hills.

Mounted ranch worker seen from behind near cattle, wooden fences, and muddy corrals in 1939 Montana footage. — A mounted man approaches cattle gathered beside rough wooden fencing.

Soft black-and-white 8mm frame of a rider moving near cattle, puddled ground, and ranch fencing in Montana. — The rider moves through muddy corral ground as cattle cluster nearby.

1939 Montana ranch scene with a rider on horseback, cattle, wooden pens, and wet ground in a home-movie frame. — Horseback ranch work continues beside cattle and fenced structures.

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