Montana USA-1939: Person Feeding Cows Hay in Winter Field

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

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Person Feeding Cows Hay in Winter Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a person feeding a herd of cows in a rural winter setting. The black-and-white film captures a farmer walking between rows of cattle in a muddy field, with bare trees lining the horizon under an overcast sky. The grainy, high-contrast image and dark vignette frame are characteristic of amateur 8mm film from the era. The scene depicts a quiet moment of farm life, with cows gathered near feeding troughs, evoking a sense of historical Americana and rural nostalgia.

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: 121488560

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 rural American farm-life requests needing documentary or educational footage of winter livestock feeding in Montana.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, bare trees, muddy field, bundled figure, and cattle feeding setup support a late-1930s rural winter setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its distant, handheld observation of a person moving hay among gathered cattle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cattle, hay, a bundled person, muddy ground, bare trees, low hills, feeding rows, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, high contrast, exposure variation, and rounded dark vignetting give the footage a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor insert, winter farm cutaway, agricultural transition, or quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday livestock care in a rural winter landscape without enough visible evidence to identify the farm or people.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed while copyright, location, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana 8mm farm footage, winter cattle feeding, rural home movie livestock, and Depression-era ranch work visuals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Montana farm scenes, then other 1939 Montana rural footage, then broader winter livestock-care material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle in a muddy winter field, bare trees on the horizon, and a person partly visible among the animals. — Cattle gather near feeding rows as a distant figure works in the winter field.

1939 Montana home-movie frame with rows of cattle, a bundled person near hay, bare trees, and a dark vignette from the 8mm frame. — A bundled figure stands near hay while cattle feed in rows across the field.

1939 Montana 8mm footage frame showing a person walking between cattle and hay in a muddy winter field with bare trees behind. — The person moves through the feeding area as cattle line both sides of the field.

1939 Montana frame showing a person with hay near feeding cattle, with a cow in the foreground and bare winter trees beyond. — A cow fills the foreground while the feeding activity continues behind it.

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