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Montana-1939: Two People Ride Horses Through Muddy Field On A Cloudy Day

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Two People Ride Horses Through Muddy Field On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: Two people ride horses through a muddy, open field on a cloudy day. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet rural moment with two riders moving across the landscape. The grainy black-and-white image shows a vast, flat terrain with a wooden fence and a large hay bale in the background. The riders wear period-appropriate clothing, and the horses move steadily through the wet ground. The film exhibits natural wear, including scratches and dust, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127546854

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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Topics & Keywords

  • animals
  • people
  • recreation
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • ride
  • horses
  • muddy
  • field
  • cloudy
  • day
  • montana
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Montana rural life
  • horseback riding 1930s
  • black and white archival footage
  • muddy field
  • cloudy day
  • 1930s outdoor recreation
  • vintage home movie
  • 8mm film grain
  • old film footage
  • rural America 1939
  • historical horse riding
  • classic 8mm footage
  • nostalgic 1930s
  • vintage film
  • period clothing
  • open field
  • hay bale
  • wooden fence

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s Montana rural-life requests needing brief editorial footage of horseback riding in an open, muddy field.
Period detail
The riders' clothing, 8mm black-and-white stock, simple fence line, and open field may show late-1930s ranch or rural recreation details.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the casual feel of a home-movie observer watching two riders move and pause with their horses across wet ground.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two mounted riders, horses, muddy grass, puddled ground, a fence line, cloudy sky, and a large haystack or mound.
Film character
The footage carries soft 8mm grain, gate edges, dust, scratches, slight blur, and uneven exposure that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a rural insert, horseback cutaway, weathered landscape transition, or quiet memory beat in a Montana or 1930s sequence.
Historical context
The scene documents everyday outdoor riding in a broad rural landscape without showing a named event, landmark, or identifiable public setting.
Research note
People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos, music, or clear private-property details are visible in these frames.
Research search match
Search matches include 1930s Montana 8mm horseback riding, rural home movie horses in muddy field, and vintage ranch landscape riders.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other Montana 1939 footage, then rural horseback, ranch life, muddy field, and cloudy outdoor home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana footage, two people ride horses through a wet open field with a distant fence and low mound behind them.
Two mounted riders cross muddy ground in an open rural field.
Two riders on horseback move through a muddy Montana field, with a fence line and low rural landscape in the background.
The riders continue across the wet field, seen from behind.
In a rural Montana field, two mounted riders appear to slow or pause near puddled ground and a fence line.
Two riders meet or pause with their horses on wet ground.
Two people on horseback face each other in the muddy field, framed by soft 8mm grain and a cloudy rural background.
The riders face one another as the horses stand in the wet field.

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