Montana USA-1939: Riding Horses In The Desert With My Friends

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

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Riding Horses In The Desert With My Friends — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Montana USA in 1939 shows three people riding horses across a vast desert landscape. The riders wear distinct jackets: one in red, one in navy, and one in mustard yellow, moving through sandy terrain with sparse brush. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of friends enjoying a sunny day outdoors. The camera follows the riders as they traverse the open plain, offering a candid glimpse into mid-20th century rural life and leisure activities in the American West.

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: 121488859

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 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for rural horseback travel, open western landscapes, or leisure scenes in the American West.
Period detail: The riders' simple outdoor clothing, horseback travel, and open rangeland setting support a late-1930s home-movie context without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, with the camera watching companions ride away and regroup across open ground rather than presenting a formal event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three mounted riders, one person walking or standing near them, open sandy terrain, low brush, distant hills, pale sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a western travel insert, a rural recreation cutaway, or a quiet memory beat between broader Montana landscape or ranch-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents recreational horseback riding in a sparsely settled western landscape, with social context limited to companions moving together outdoors.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail; copyright, likeness, and any location or land-use questions should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s Montana 8mm horseback riding, home movie riders on open range, western desert horse travel, and friends riding horses outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Montana or 1939 material, then with horseback riding, rural leisure, western landscape, or travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana home-movie footage, three riders on horseback travel away across sandy open ground with low brush and distant hills. — Three horseback riders move away across open western terrain.

A wide 1939 Montana landscape view shows rolling open ground and distant low hills within dark 8mm frame borders. — Open Montana landscape with low hills and a broad sky.

The 8mm frame shows a sparse Montana plain, low horizon, and pale sky, with the riders outside the visible area or too indistinct to identify. — Sparse open terrain fills the frame between rider views.

In the 1939 Montana scene, two mounted riders and a nearby person on foot pause or turn on open sandy terrain, with another rider at the edge. — Riders and a person on foot regroup on the open plain.

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