Montana USA-1939: Cattle Grazing In Field With Cowboy On Horseback

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

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Cattle Grazing In Field With Cowboy On Horseback — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows a herd of brown and white cattle grazing in a vast, dry field under an overcast sky. A lone cowboy on horseback herds the cattle across the open landscape, with distant hills visible on the horizon. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading typical of 1930s amateur footage. The scene captures a quiet moment of rural life and cattle management in the American West.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121488769

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: 1930s Montana ranching footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing real home-movie views of cattle grazing and a rider in open range country.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s rural stock handling, with open pasture, distant low hills, brown-and-white cattle, and a mounted ranch worker as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie value comes from the quiet, observational distance, with the camera watching cattle and a rider move through the landscape rather than staging an action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grazing cattle, a cowboy on horseback, dry open field, pale overcast sky, distant hills, brushy ground, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that preserve the physical texture of amateur 1930s film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, livestock cutaway, Western transition, or reflective memory beat within a sequence about ranch life.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for cattle management in an open Montana landscape, without proving the identity of the ranch, rider, herd, or exact site.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright status, location permissions, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Montana cattle grazing, 8mm ranch home movie, cowboy on horseback herding cattle, and 1930s American West livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 footage, then broader 1930s ranching, cattle, and rural American West material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing brown-and-white cattle grazing across a dry field with a distant cowboy on horseback and low hills beyond. — Cattle graze in open Montana range with a mounted rider near the herd.

Soft 8mm frame from Montana in 1939 showing cattle spread across open pasture with small mounted figures and distant hills in the background. — Cattle move across dry range with riders faintly visible in the distance.

1939 Montana ranch scene with cattle in the foreground and middle distance, a cowboy on horseback, open range, and hazy hills beyond. — A mounted rider watches cattle spread through the open field.

Montana 1939 home-movie view of cattle grazing on dry range, with a distant mounted cowboy, pale sky, and low hills across the horizon. — Cattle graze across the field while a rider remains near the herd.

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