Montana USA-1939: Cowboys Riding Horses Herding Cattle

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

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Cowboys Riding Horses Herding Cattle — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing cowboys on horseback herding cattle across an open field. Riders wear period-appropriate hats and clothing as they guide the herd through a rural landscape under an overcast sky. The grainy, slightly blurry image captures authentic 1930s film quality with visible frame edges and natural motion. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century ranch life and Western Americana.

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: 121488089

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 documentary or education requests needing 1930s Montana ranch work, horseback cattle herding, or Western rural labor from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The riders' brimmed hats, horseback movement, open range setting, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s rural ranch scene as described in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a distant, observational home-movie viewpoint, watching riders guide cattle rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted riders, cattle scattered across a field, low brush, uneven ground, an overcast sky, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip shows grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and visible 8mm frame borders that give it authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for ranching, Western life, rural labor, or cattle movement in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents horseback cattle handling in an open rural Montana landscape without supporting claims about a specific ranch, town, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright or footage licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana ranch footage, 1930s cowboys herding cattle, black-and-white 8mm Western home movie, and vintage horseback ranch work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana scenes, then broader Western ranching, cattle, horseback, and rural labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing two riders on horseback moving near scattered cattle in an open rural field. — Mounted riders guide cattle across an open field.

1939 Montana home-movie frame with riders on horseback and cattle spread across brushy open ground. — Riders continue moving cattle through brushy ground.

1939 Montana 8mm frame looking across a field toward cattle, with riders and a person on foot visible from behind. — A distant view follows riders and cattle across the field.

1939 Montana black-and-white frame showing a distant mounted rider and cattle across an open, brush-edged field. — Cattle and a mounted rider appear farther away across the open ground.

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