Montana USA-1939: Man In A Field Directing Cattle

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

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Man In A Field Directing Cattle — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 showing a cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat and work clothes herding a mixed herd of black and white cattle across a grassy field. The man walks steadily through the pasture, directing the animals with hand gestures, while the cows move in a loose group. The grainy black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible edge borders and natural film texture, capturing authentic rural farm life from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121488409

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Montana ranching, rural labor, and cattle-herding requests needing brief archival home-movie inserts or documentary cutaways.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed hat, work clothes, open pasture, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s rural ranch setting in Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel as the man walks among the cattle and gestures naturally while the herd moves through the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a hat, mixed black and white cattle, grassy pasture, distant low hills, brush or trees, and dark film-edge borders.
Film character: The clip shows grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and visible frame edges that reinforce its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or rural memory beat for ranch work, livestock movement, or Depression-era western life.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday cattle handling on open land, offering visual context for rural labor and animal husbandry without identifying a specific ranch.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Montana cattle herding, 8mm home movie ranch work, cowboy directing cattle, and 1930s rural farm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Montana 1939 ranch scenes, then with broader 1930s livestock, cowboy, and rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing a man in work clothes guiding cattle across a grassy field. — A man walks beside a loose group of cattle in an open pasture.

1939 Montana frame with a hat-wearing man watching or directing cattle in a rural field. — The man pauses near the herd as cattle move through the pasture.

1939 Montana home-movie still showing a man in ranch clothing with cattle dispersed across open pasture. — The man walks through the foreground while cattle gather across the field.

The man stands at the edge of the moving herd in a wide pasture.

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