Montana USA-1939: Herd Of Cows Grazing In Open Field

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

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Herd Of Cows Grazing In Open Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a large herd of black and white cows grazing in an open field. The grainy black and white film captures the animals moving slowly across the grassy landscape under an overcast sky, with distant hills visible on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics including film grain, soft focus, and dark vignetting around the edges, creating an authentic archival feel. The cows are seen standing and walking in a natural rural setting, offering a nostalgic 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: 121488329

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana rural cattle footage suited for documentary cutaways, agricultural history sequences, or American West home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The open range, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1939 Montana setting may show late-1930s rural livestock scenes without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from ground level as cows approach and drift through the field, giving an unstaged family-film view of everyday ranch or farm surroundings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black-and-white cattle, grassy pasture, distant low hills, overcast sky, soft horizon lines, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm monochrome texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and heavy edge vignetting that situate it clearly as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, rural establishing insert, transition beat, or memory fragment within agricultural and regional history sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents cattle in open Montana pasture, offering context for rural land use and livestock presence without proving ownership or a specific ranch.
Research note: No people, brands, or private structures are visible, but copyright status, location specificity, and any property or stock-use concerns still require normal rights review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Montana cattle herd, 1930s 8mm ranch footage, black-and-white cows in pasture, and vintage American agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana footage, then broader 1930s rural agriculture or cattle-grazing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing black-and-white cattle spread across grassy pasture under an overcast sky. — Cattle stand and graze across an open pasture with a low horizon in the distance.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with a cattle herd facing the handheld camera in open pasture and low hills beyond. — The herd gathers loosely in the field, with several cows turned toward the camera.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing one cow near the lens and a broader herd grazing in open rural pasture. — A foreground cow anchors the scene as the rest of the herd moves through the pasture.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with cattle clustered near the camera and low hills across the rural background. — Cattle crowd the foreground while rolling terrain stretches behind the herd.

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