Montana USA-1939: Three People Horse Riding In The Mountain With A Beautiful

$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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Three People Horse Riding In The Mountain With A Beautiful — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 showing three people horseback riding across a vast, dry prairie landscape. A rider in a bright red shirt leads the group, with two others following on horseback through the open terrain. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections. The scene captures a quiet moment of rural life with a wide, open sky and distant hills, evoking a sense of Americana and nostalgia. The footage is ideal for historical documentaries, period pieces, or editorial content about early 20th-century life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121488849

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: 1939 Montana 8mm home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for rural horseback riding, open prairie travel, and prewar American leisure or ranch-country atmosphere.
Period detail: The riders' simple outdoor clothing, open range setting, and soft color 8mm handling may show late-1930s rural recreation rather than a formal event.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, with riders moving across rough grassland while the camera watches from a fixed or lightly handheld distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback riders, dry prairie grass, distant low hills, pale sky, a small body of water, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for rural travel, horseback leisure, Montana landscape, or family-history sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually situates people on horseback in open Montana terrain, suggesting rural mobility or leisure without proving occupation or a specific ranch setting.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Montana home movie, 8mm horseback riding, rural prairie riders, vintage American West footage, and open range family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana scenes, then broader rural horseback riding or American West landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a distant horseback rider in open prairie with low hills on the horizon. — A lone rider moves across dry prairie terrain with distant hills beyond.

1939 Montana home-movie frame with a red-shirted rider on horseback crossing open grassland. — A red-shirted rider advances through the broad prairie landscape.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing water, scrubby shoreline, and low hills with no clear people visible. — The camera turns to a calm water view below low, open hills.

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing three riders on horseback moving through dry terrain near low hills. — Three riders travel together through rough grassland toward the hills.

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