Montana USA-1939: Cattle Roaming In Field Near Farm Huts

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

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Cattle Roaming In Field Near Farm Huts — Clip Details

Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 showing a herd of black and white cattle roaming a rural field. The vintage film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and dark vignetting typical of 8mm home movies. Cattle move across the frame, some grazing while others walk toward the camera. Wooden fencing and simple farm structures are visible in the background under an overcast sky. The footage captures authentic rural life with a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century American agriculture.

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: 121488284

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 requests for late-1930s Montana ranch or farm life footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about rural American agriculture.
Period detail: The simple fencing, open pasture, small farm structures, and black-and-white 8mm look may show prewar rural Montana stock-raising conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes cattle moving through a field from a casual home-movie distance, with brief glimpses of people or farm activity in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black-and-white cattle, open pasture, wooden fencing, low farm huts or sheds, distant trees, uneven ground, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight motion blur, edge vignetting, and uneven exposure that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, livestock cutaway, period transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents cattle in an open rural setting and suggests everyday stock handling without establishing a named ranch or event.
Research note: People appear only as small distant figures, but likeness, property, and copyright status should still be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Montana cattle footage, 1930s ranch home movie, rural American agriculture 8mm, and cattle in pasture archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Montana or 1939 rural material, then broader cattle, ranching, and farm-life sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana home-movie frame showing cattle scattered across a rural field near low farm structures. — Cattle move across an open field with simple farm buildings in the distance.

Black-and-white 1939 Montana frame with cattle roaming a fenced rural field and small distant people or farm activity beyond them. — Cattle roam near fencing while distant figures and structures sit along the horizon.

Black-and-white 1939 Montana home-movie frame showing a herd of cattle clustered near a fence with bare trees behind them. — A clustered herd stands near fencing and bare trees in a rural field.

Black-and-white 1939 Montana frame showing cattle in open pasture, with a white-faced animal prominent in the foreground. — A white-faced cow stands near the camera as more cattle spread across the pasture.

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