Montana USA-1939: Man Preparing Horses in Rural Ranch Setting

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

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Man Preparing Horses in Rural Ranch Setting — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing a man in period attire preparing horses in a rural setting. The grainy black-and-white film captures a man adjusting a bridle on a dark horse while another horse with a white blaze stands nearby. The scene unfolds in an open field with wooden fencing and rolling hills in the background, conveying a sense of quiet ranch life. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including soft focus, natural light, and subtle camera shake, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 121488440

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: Supports requests for 1930s Montana ranch life, horse handling, and rural home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or period editorial use.
Period detail: The work clothes, bridled horses, open fencing, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s rural ranch practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches an unstaged ranch task as a man stands close to the horses and adjusts gear in a quiet field.
What appears in frame: The frames show several horses, a man in work clothes, wooden fencing, open dirt and grass, low hills, a distant animal, and ranch structures.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, handheld shake, uneven exposure, and dark frame edges give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a ranch-life insert, livestock cutaway, Western transition, or brief memory beat within a 1930s rural sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday horse handling in a Montana ranch landscape without identifying a specific ranch or event.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Montana ranch home movie, 8mm horse handling, rural livestock footage, and black-and-white Western ranch scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Montana 1939 footage, then broader rural ranch, horse-care, and livestock work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana ranch view with open ground, a fence line, low hills, and a distant animal moving across the field. — A distant animal crosses an open fenced ranch field below low hills.

Man in work clothes stands close to several horses in a 1939 Montana ranch field, with fencing and low hills behind them. — A man works beside grouped horses near a ranch fence.

Several horses stand close together in soft-focus 1939 Montana ranch footage, with one saddle visible and fencing in the background. — Horses stand clustered in the field as tack is visible on one animal.

A man stands in a wide 1939 Montana ranch field facing wooden fencing and distant ranch equipment or structures. — A man pauses in the open ranch field near fencing and distant structures.

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