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Montana USA-1939: Man On His Horse Surveying The Activities On His Farm On A

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Man On His Horse Surveying The Activities On His Farm On A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 showing a man on horseback surveying his farm. The grainy black-and-white film captures rural farm life with a farmer in a hat riding a horse across fields, passing livestock and wooden fences. Another man stands nearby as the rider moves through the landscape. The footage has a nostalgic, documentary feel with natural lighting and authentic 1930s farm activity, offering authentic archival material for historical or editorial projects.

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
121488573

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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • horse
  • trees
  • man
  • land
  • plants
  • surveying
  • activities
  • farm
  • hard
  • working
  • day
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • montana USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 farm life footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Montana USA 1939
  • horseback riding on farm
  • 1930s rural America
  • archival home movie
  • black and white 8mm
  • farmer on horse
  • vintage farm footage
  • historical documentary
  • 1930s agriculture
  • old film footage
  • retro 1939
  • rural farm activities
  • vintage 8mm
  • American pioneer life
  • old home movie
  • period farm work
  • 1930s man on horse
  • vintage agricultural scenes

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s rural Montana sequences needing brief home-movie views of farm activity, horseback observation, fencing, and open agricultural land.
Period detail
The hats, horse use, rough fencing, open fields, and black-and-white 8mm texture support the supplied 1939 rural Montana context.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes everyday farm movement from a distance, with people, horse, and livestock appearing unstaged in a working landscape.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a mounted man, another standing figure, livestock or small animals, wire and wooden fencing, bare trees, open fields, and dark film-edge shadows.
Film character
The clip has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, a farm routine cutaway, or a short memory beat between wider 1930s agricultural scenes.
Historical context
The footage visually suggests small-scale farm life where people, animals, fencing, and open land share the same everyday working space.
Research note
People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, location claims, and any property concerns should be checked separately.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1939 Montana farm home movie, 1930s man on horseback, rural 8mm farm footage, livestock and fence field scene.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana or 1939 rural material, then with broader themes of horseback farm work and livestock.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a man on horseback near fencing, with another figure and small animals in a rural field.
A mounted man pauses near a fence as another figure stands by in the field.
1939 Montana home-movie frame of a hat-wearing rider on horseback beside field fencing and bare trees.
A rider moves along the fenced edge of the farm field.
1939 Montana farm scene with distant figures, small animals, rough wooden fencing, and open pasture visible through soft 8mm grain.
Distant figures and animals gather near rough fencing in the field.
1939 Montana 8mm frame showing distant farm figures, small animals, fencing, and leafless trees across open land.
Several figures and animals appear near the fence line beneath bare trees.

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