New York USA-1939: People About To Milk Cows As They All Stand In A Line In A

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

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People About To Milk Cows As They All Stand In A Line In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a bustling dairy barn in New York. Farmers in period attire stand among a line of Holstein cows, preparing to milk them in a traditional barn setting. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the animals in stalls under high windows, with workers moving between them. The scene reflects mid-20th century farm life, offering authentic archival footage of dairy operations from the era. The handheld camera movement adds to the raw, documentary feel of this historic moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762141

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: 1930s New York dairy-farm footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing real home-movie views of barn milking work.
Period detail: The frame may show period dairy practice with Holstein cows lined in a barn, workers in light farm clothing, overhead windows, posts, and simple stall arrangements.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from inside the barn at animal level, capturing workers moving among cows with the informal timing of a visitor or family home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Holstein cows in a line, farm workers, barn posts, high windows, hanging lights, hay or bedding, and dark stall areas.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage shows heavy grain, soft focus, bright window exposure, frame-edge darkness, and handheld movement that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, transition, or memory beat for rural labor, dairy production, or prewar American farm life.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for small-scale dairy work and human-animal handling in a barn setting without making claims beyond the visible activity.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, property, and location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 New York dairy barn home movie, 8mm cows being milked, Holstein cows in barn, and prewar American farm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 New York farm material, then with dairy, barn, livestock, or rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing workers near Holstein cows lined inside a dim dairy barn. — Workers prepare around cows lined inside the barn.

Workers and cows fill a New York dairy barn aisle, with bright windows and overhead lights visible. — People move between cows in a crowded dairy barn aisle.

1939 New York dairy barn scene with Holstein cows, workers, posts, and bright side windows. — Cows stand in line while workers gather nearby.

Dark 8mm frame from the dairy barn showing cows in stalls beneath windows and overhead barn details. — A darker view shows cows standing deeper inside the barn.

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