Montana USA-1939: Cowboys Herding Horses And Cattle Across Open Plains

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

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Cowboys Herding Horses And Cattle Across Open Plains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows cowboys on horseback herding a mixed herd of horses and cattle across an open, grassy plain. The grainy black-and-white film captures the rugged landscape and the labor-intensive work of ranching, with riders guiding the animals through sparse brush under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including natural motion, film grain, and dark borders, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 121488111

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 U.S. ranching requests needing authentic home-movie footage of cowboys moving livestock across open Montana range.
Period detail: The clip shows horseback ranch work, open grazing land, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie handling consistent with the supplied 1939 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as riders and livestock move through brush, giving the scene an unstaged ranch-life perspective rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted riders, scattered horses, cattle, low brush, uneven grassy ground, a pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, flicker, dark edge framing, and slight handheld instability that support its original 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural transition, ranching cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about Western work and land use.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for labor-intensive livestock handling on open range without identifying the ranch, riders, or exact site.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location or property questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana 8mm ranching footage, cowboys herding cattle, horses on open plains, and vintage Western home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana material, then broader ranching, cowboy, livestock, and open-range footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing distant cowboys on horseback guiding livestock across rough open ground. — Cowboys on horseback move livestock across open range.

Distant ranch scene in Montana, 1939, with a horse in the foreground and riders managing livestock beyond brush. — A horse stands apart as riders and animals spread across the range.

1939 Montana ranching footage frame with cowboys on horseback and mixed livestock near a scrubby rise. — Riders guide animals along a low brushy rise.

Montana 1939 home-movie frame showing distant mounted cowboys, horses, and cattle spread across open range. — Mounted cowboys and livestock remain spread across the rough plain.

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