Montana USA-1939: Vintage Footage Of A Horse Walking To A Man Who Pets Its Neck

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

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Vintage Footage Of A Horse Walking To A Man Who Pets Its... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a man in period attire standing in a dusty corral as a saddled horse walks toward him. The horse, wearing a saddle, approaches and stops near the man, who gently pets its neck. The scene unfolds in black and white with visible film grain and natural vignetting, capturing a quiet moment of connection between man and animal on a rural ranch. The background features a wooden fence and simple farm structures under an overcast sky.

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: 121488449

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

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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 Montana ranch, rural labor, animal handling, or home-movie cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, wooden corral fencing, saddled horse, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s rural ranch setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-feeling moment as a man waits in a corral and calmly pets the horse when it reaches him.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a saddled horse, standing man, dusty corral ground, wooden fences, simple ranch structures, and an open horizon.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows grain, soft focus, mild flicker, edge vignetting, and a steady home-movie viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, rural transition, animal-care cutaway, or memory beat within a ranch sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually places horse handling inside everyday ranch surroundings without identifying the people, property, or specific ranch.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed; copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana ranch home movie, 8mm horse corral footage, saddled horse with man, and rural 1930s animal handling.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ranch scenes, then other 1939 Montana footage, then broader rural horse and corral material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana home-movie footage, a saddled horse moves across a fenced corral toward a standing man. — A saddled horse approaches a man standing in a dusty ranch corral.

A saddled horse crosses the corral toward a man in period attire, with wooden fencing behind them. — The horse walks closer to the man inside the fenced corral.

The saddled horse stands close to the man in the Montana corral as he faces its neck and head area. — The horse stops near the man as he turns toward its neck.

The man gently pets or steadies the saddled horse near its neck in the 1939 Montana ranch scene. — The man pets the horse near its neck at the end of the brief corral moment.

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