Montana USA-1939: Men On Horseback Herd Cattle

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

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Men On Horseback Herd Cattle — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows cowboys on horseback herding cattle across a vast, open prairie. The grainy black-and-white film captures men in period attire guiding a herd of cows through sparse brush under an overcast sky. The handheld camera follows the riders as they move across the landscape, with natural film grain, scratches, and edge distortion characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. This authentic slice of American frontier life offers a nostalgic glimpse into rural ranching history.

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: 121488177

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: Supports 1930s ranching and rural American West requests needing real 8mm footage of horseback cattle herding in Montana.
Period detail: The riders, open range, sparse brush, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s rural ranching context without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a distance as riders and cattle move naturally across uneven ground, giving the clip an unstaged family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback riders, cattle, open prairie, low brush, distant horizon, overcast sky, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has coarse 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, flicker, scratches, and edge distortion that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural transition, western memory beat, or cutaway within a sequence about ranching and open-range labor.
Historical context: The footage shows ranch work as a visual record of people, horses, and cattle moving through a broad Montana landscape in the late 1930s.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, minors, or clear private property are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Montana cattle herding, 8mm ranch footage, cowboys on horseback, and rural American West home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel ranch scenes, then Montana 1939 material, then broader 1930s cattle, cowboy, horseback, and prairie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing distant horseback riders and cattle spread across open prairie under a pale sky. — Riders and cattle cross sparse prairie terrain in a distant, handheld view.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with a lone rider on horseback near the right edge of a low, brushy prairie horizon. — A horseback rider moves along the ridge line as the camera frames the open range.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle in the foreground and a horseback rider above them on brushy prairie ground. — Cattle move below a rider positioned on a slight rise in the open landscape.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with a horseback rider crossing brushy prairie, framed by dark film edges and visible scratches. — A rider crosses the brushy range in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

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