Montana USA-1939: Cows In A Field Looking At Cameraman

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

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Cows In A Field Looking At Cameraman — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a herd of black and white cattle in a grassy field. The cows, many with distinctive white faces, turn their heads to stare curiously at the camera. A farmer in period clothing walks among the herd, guiding the animals. The grainy black-and-white film has a classic 1930s home movie aesthetic with natural lighting and a slightly shaky camera. This archival footage captures a quiet moment of rural farm 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: 121488395

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: 1930s Montana 8mm cattle footage suited to documentary, education, or museum sequences about rural ranching and farm life.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, open pasture, wire fencing, and cattle handling may show late-1930s rural agricultural practice in Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The cattle look directly toward the handheld camera, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie encounter with farm animals at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white cattle herd, white-faced cows, grassy field, distant fencing, open hills, and tight close-ups of animals facing camera.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement typical of original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, livestock cutaway, ranch-life transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s agricultural sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents cattle in open Montana pasture without making broader claims about ranch ownership, breed history, or specific community context.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed even though the stills mainly show cattle; copyright and location rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Montana cattle 8mm, 1930s ranch home movie, white-faced cows in field, and vintage livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm material, then Montana 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s cattle, ranching, and agricultural home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a herd of white-faced cattle gathered in an open grassy field. — Cattle gather in pasture and look toward the camera.

White-faced cattle stand clustered in a Montana pasture, with fencing and open ground visible behind them. — A group of cattle stands in the pasture near fencing.

Close black-and-white 8mm view of a white-faced cow standing among other cattle in the Montana field. — A cow approaches or stands close to the camera within the herd.

Close 1939 Montana home-movie frame of a cow facing the camera, with other cattle partly visible around it. — A cow faces the camera in a tight pasture close-up.

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