Montana USA-1939: Family Group in Rural Field Vintage 8mm Home Movie

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

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Family Group in Rural Field Vintage 8mm Home Movie — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939, showing a family group in a rural field. The grainy black-and-white film captures people in period clothing standing and moving across an open landscape with bare trees and a wooden fence. The footage has a distinct Super 8 aesthetic with film grain and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century family life and outdoor recreation. The scene suggests a casual gathering or activity in a quiet, pastoral setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121488589

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Montana rural-life requests needing brief home-movie footage of people and livestock in an open field.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, wooden fencing and open pasture support a late-1930s rural setting, consistent with the supplied 1939 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-film value as people stand, walk and handle animals at a distance in a working rural landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open pasture, bare trees, wooden fence posts, distant people, cattle or horses, muddy ground and low farm structures on the horizon.
Film character: Soft focus, high grain, uneven exposure and handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, family memory beat, livestock cutaway or transition between broader 1930s Montana sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests everyday rural outdoor activity rather than a staged event, with people and animals occupying a broad pasture landscape.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Montana 8mm home movie, rural family field footage, 1930s pasture animals and vintage ranch or farm life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 rural footage, then with broader 1930s family, pasture and livestock themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing distant people in an open rural field with fence posts, bare trees and a low horizon. — Distant figures stand and move across an open field bordered by fence posts and bare trees.

1939 Montana rural home-movie frame with livestock and distant people in a muddy field near low structures. — People gather near dark livestock in a muddy pasture with low structures on the horizon.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing livestock close to the camera, with people partly visible in a muddy pasture. — Large dark animals fill the foreground while figures stand nearby in the muddy field.

1939 Montana rural frame with people gathered beside livestock at the edge of an open pasture and distant hills. — Figures stand beside animals at the field edge, with open pasture and a low ridge beyond.

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