Montana USA-1939: Horse Rider Herding Cattle Across Open Plains

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

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Horse Rider Herding Cattle Across Open Plains — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA showing a cowboy on horseback herding cattle across a vast, open plain. The rider, wearing a dark hat and period clothing, guides a herd of brown and white cows through dry grassland with a distant lake visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing authentic Western ranch life. The sequence shows the cowboy moving through the landscape, with the herd scattered across the terrain under an overcast sky. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century rural America, perfect for historical documentaries, Western-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121488803

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana ranch-life footage suited to documentary inserts about cattle herding, rural labor, open-range landscapes, or family-shot Western home movies.
Period detail: The rider's brimmed hat, horseback work, scattered cattle, and open grassland may show period ranching practice in late-1930s Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching a rider and herd from a distance rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horseback rider, cattle, dry grass, low shrubs, reflective water, distant hills, pale sky, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, handheld framing, and motion blur give the 8mm footage a physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural Western cutaway, a transition into ranch material, or a brief memory beat for livestock and open-country themes.
Historical context: The view places cattle work within a broad rural landscape, emphasizing horseback movement, dispersed animals, and the scale of plains ranching.
Research note: A rider is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, children, or clear private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Montana cattle herding, 8mm cowboy on horseback, vintage ranch home movie, cows on open plains, and Western rural labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana footage, then broader ranching, cattle, horseback, and rural Plains material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle scattered across dry grassland with water and distant low hills beyond. — Cattle move through open plains near water in a wide ranch landscape.

1939 Montana ranch scene with a rider on horseback near a dispersed cattle herd on dry open ground. — Horseback rider works near a scattered herd on the plains.

1939 Montana 8mm frame of a cowboy-like rider on horseback, with cattle and water visible across the plains behind him. — Rider faces the camera while cattle remain spread across the background.

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing a rider on horseback approaching through grassland with cattle and water in the distance. — Horse and rider approach through the ranch landscape as cattle remain behind.

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