Montana USA-1939: Black And White Footage Of A Field Of Holstein Cattle Roaming

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

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Black And White Footage Of A Field Of Holstein Cattle... — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a large herd of Holstein cattle in a grassy field. The cows, with distinctive black and white markings, stand and move slowly across the open meadow under an overcast sky. The grainy, vintage film quality with visible frame edges and slight motion blur captures a quiet moment of rural life. The herd is densely packed, with several animals looking directly at the camera, creating an intimate, nostalgic view of 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: 121488368

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$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 U.S. rural agriculture requests needing black-and-white home-movie cattle footage as an authentic livestock cutaway or farm-life insert.
Period detail: The 8mm black-and-white handling, open range setting, and cattle herd support the supplied 1939 Montana context without adding identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close to the herd from ground level, giving an unstaged home-movie view of cattle slowly shifting around the camera position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dense Holstein cattle herd, grassy field, low hills, cloudy sky, distant animals, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip has pronounced film grain, soft focus, gate edges, slight exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, agriculture transition, livestock cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a Montana or Depression-era farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents cattle gathered in open pasture, offering social context for rural livestock work without showing people, buildings, or equipment.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright status and any land or collection permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searchers looking for 1939 Montana 8mm cattle footage, Holstein herd in pasture, black-and-white farm home movie, or rural livestock cutaway may find this relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel rural footage, then with other 1939 Montana clips, and then with broader 1930s agriculture, livestock, and pasture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing a dense Holstein cattle herd in pasture under a pale sky. — Cattle gather near the camera in an open Montana field.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Montana showing Holstein cattle clustered in front of low hills. — The herd remains tightly grouped, with scattered cattle farther back.

1939 Montana 8mm still with several Holstein cattle facing the camera in a crowded pasture scene. — Several cows face the lens as the herd shifts in the field.

Black-and-white Montana home-movie frame showing close cattle in the foreground and open pasture beyond. — Close cattle fill the frame against a broad rural backdrop.

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