Montana USA-1939: Cattle Herd At Farm Feeding Troughs

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

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Cattle Herd At Farm Feeding Troughs — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 showing a herd of black and white cows gathered in a rural farmyard. The grainy black-and-white film captures the animals moving slowly around wooden feeding troughs under an overcast sky, with bare trees lining the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including visible grain, slight flicker, and natural dark borders. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American agriculture and rural 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: 121488228

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.

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 (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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s American rural-life requests needing brief documentary evidence of cattle gathered at farm feeding troughs in Montana.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s farm practice, with wooden troughs, open pasture, bare trees, and a small herd clustered outdoors.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged farm-observer perspective, holding on cattle as they mill and feed rather than presenting a formal agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black-and-white cattle, wooden feeding troughs, rough ground, low farm structures, bare trees, distant pasture, overcast sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm home-movie texture, with visible grain, flicker, gate edges, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, rural transition, agricultural insert, or memory beat within a sequence about livestock or farm life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents cattle feeding in an open rural farmyard, offering social context for everyday livestock care without identifying a specific ranch or owner.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status, land ownership, and any property permissions should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1939 Montana cattle footage, 1930s farmyard cows, 8mm livestock feeding, and rural American agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 rural footage, and finally with broader cattle, ranching, and farm-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana farm footage showing cattle clustered near wooden feeding troughs under an overcast sky. — Cattle stand and feed around low wooden troughs in a rural yard.

Cattle in a Montana farmyard remain grouped near wooden troughs, with bare trees and open land visible beyond them. — The herd shifts slightly around the feeding area as the camera holds a wide view.

A wide 8mm frame shows cows gathered at low wooden feeding troughs in a rural Montana setting in 1939. — Cows cluster across the trough line in a grainy black-and-white farm scene.

The final frame shows cattle spread along wooden troughs, with open Montana pasture and bare trees in the background. — Cattle remain gathered at the feeding troughs as the brief farmyard shot ends.

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