Montana-1939: Cattle and Men on Horseback

$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
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Montana

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Cattle and Men on Horseback — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a rural scene with a pair of cattle standing in a grassy field near a muddy waterway. The black-and-white footage shows the cows, one with a distinctive white face, calmly observing the camera. In the final frame, a man on horseback rides across the landscape, with another rider visible in the distance. The grainy texture and film borders evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, characteristic of 1930s home movies.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127546894

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana 8mm footage for edits needing rural cattle, open range, and horseback travel in a home-movie record.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s ranch or range life, with cattle near a muddy waterway and riders crossing open grassland.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches quietly from a distance as cattle face the lens and a rider moves through the landscape, giving the clip an unstaged family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two cattle, a white-faced cow, brush, rough grass, a muddy water channel, open fields, distant low hills, and horseback riders.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, gate edges, slight blur, and handheld framing consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, livestock cutaway, transition between ranch scenes, or quiet memory beat in a Depression-era or Western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday rural travel and livestock presence in Montana without documenting a specific ranch, event, or named individual.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Montana cattle 8mm footage, vintage ranch home movie, horseback rider rural landscape, and black-and-white livestock film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 rural scenes, then broader cattle, ranching, horseback, and open-range home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 Montana home-movie frame showing two cattle in a grassy field beside a muddy water channel. — Two cattle pause near brush and water in an open rural field.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with a white-faced cow and another cow standing near brush and a shallow muddy waterway. — Cattle stand calmly beside brush with open land behind them.

Black-and-white Montana home-movie frame with two cattle blurred by motion near a muddy channel and open field. — Motion blur softens the view as the cattle shift in the field.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a man on horseback crossing open ground near a muddy waterway, with another rider farther away. — A horseback rider moves across the landscape with another rider ahead.

Visually Similar Clips