Montana USA-1939: Lots Of Cows In A Farm In Black And White Few Farm Men Around

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

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Lots Of Cows In A Farm In Black And White Few Farm Men... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing a black and white rural farm scene. The grainy, high-contrast film captures a herd of cows moving through a field, with a few farm men visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, film grain, and a dark vignette border. The camera appears to be handheld, with slight movement as it follows the animals. The setting is a wide open field bordered by trees, with a ditch running through the landscape. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 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: 121488548

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: Useful for 1930s Montana agricultural edits needing authentic black-and-white home-movie footage of cattle, open fields, and farm workers at a distance.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s rural farm work, with cattle gathered near simple fencing, bare trees, open pasture, and men seen only as small distant figures.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual handheld position, following the cattle rather than staging action, which gives the scene practical home-movie value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cattle herd, open field, ditch or low drainage line, simple fencing, leafless trees, distant farm men, and heavy frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has strong grain, soft focus, high contrast, uneven exposure, and dark rounded frame borders that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural agriculture insert, cattle movement cutaway, regional transition, or quiet memory beat in a farm-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for small-scale ranch or farm life in Montana, showing cattle handling in an open landscape without identifiable machinery or signage.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though faces are indistinct; copyright and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1930s Montana cattle farm home movie, black-and-white 8mm cows in field, rural ranch footage, and farm men with herd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 rural footage, then with broader black-and-white cattle, ranch, or farm-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing distant farm figures near a ditch or fence line in an open field. — Distant farm figures stand across a ditch in a bare rural field.

1939 Montana black-and-white frame of cattle clustered beside a fence or ditch, with a distant farm worker nearby. — Cattle cluster along the field edge as a distant worker stands near them.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of many cattle gathered in a Montana field, bordered by a ditch and leafless trees. — The herd fills the field beside the ditch and winter-bare trees.

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing a cattle herd spread across a field with distant farm men near the tree line. — Cattle spread across the field while distant farm figures remain near the herd.

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