New York USA-1939: Farmers Tending Cows On A Farm With Roping And Classic Automobile

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Farmers Tending Cows On A Farm With Roping And Classic... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a rural farm scene in New York. Men in period attire tend to cows near a wooden barn, with one man roping a calf while others observe. A classic 1930s automobile is parked in the foreground, adding to the historical authenticity. The footage includes both outdoor work and a close-up of a cow's head, showcasing the grainy texture and soft focus characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The black-and-white imagery evokes a nostalgic, documentary-style glimpse into mid-century agricultural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762132

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Useful for 1930s rural New York agriculture requests needing real home-movie footage of cattle handling, farm labor, and period automobile context.
Period detail: The men’s hats and work clothes, wooden barn siding, cattle halters, and parked 1930s-style automobile support the stated 1939 farm setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ordinary cattle handling from a visitor-like distance, including roping, tending, and a close cow detail without staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include farmers, cows, a calf or young bovine, rope or halter gear, a wooden barn, an older automobile, and an indoor livestock aisle.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, rural-life insert, transition into dairy farming, or memory beat for prewar American farm scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually situates cattle care and farm work within a small-scale rural setting, with human labor, livestock, and transport sharing the frame.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, animal handling, and any property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm New York farm footage, vintage dairy cattle handling, rural home movies, farmers with cows, and 1930s agricultural scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other New York 1939 footage, then broader 1930s rural agriculture, dairy, livestock, or farm-labor clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York farm scene with men handling cows near a wooden barn and a 1930s-style automobile parked in front. — Farm workers tend cattle outside a barn while an automobile sits in the foreground.

Men in period work clothing handle cattle outside a New York farm building, with a vintage automobile partly visible below. — Cattle are handled in front of a barn as observers stand nearby.

Close black-and-white 8mm view of a cow’s head and halter detail from the 1939 New York farm footage. — A close cow detail shows halter gear and the soft texture of the 8mm footage.

Interior farm scene with cows lined along a barn aisle and a person standing near the right edge of the frame. — Cows stand inside a barn aisle as a person works nearby.

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