Montana-1939: Men Riding Horses Through Water In Grassland With Cattle Nearby

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

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Men Riding Horses Through Water In Grassland With Cattle... — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: Men on horseback cross a shallow stream in a vast grassland, with cattle grazing nearby. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet moment of rural life with natural grain and soft focus. Riders in period attire guide their horses through the water, while a cow walks across the open plain in the distance. The scene evokes a sense of wide-open spaces and pastoral simplicity, characteristic of mid-20th century American ranching life.

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: 127546898

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana ranching footage suited for documentary or museum sequences needing rural horseback travel, cattle, and open grassland.
Period detail: The riders' clothing, horseback movement, cattle, and 8mm home-movie format may show late-1930s ranch or range activity in Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches riders and livestock from a distance, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of everyday range movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men on horseback, a shallow stream, open grassland, low hills, cattle, distant figures, and soft horizon lines.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, transition across open country, livestock cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a ranching sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places horseback riders and cattle within wide Montana grassland, suggesting rural work or travel without confirming a specific event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or clear private property are visible, and copyright should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1930s Montana ranching home movie, men riding horses through water, cattle on grassland, and 8mm rural American footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Montana material, and then with broader ranching, cattle, horseback, or grassland footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Men on horseback appear to cross a shallow stream in Montana grassland, filmed in soft 8mm black-and-white footage. — Riders guide horses through shallow water on open range.

Distant horseback riders move near a reflective stream in the Montana grassland, with focus softened by the 8mm film image. — Distant riders are visible near the waterline.

A soft 8mm frame shows riders and horses as blurred shapes moving near shallow water in open Montana range country. — Riders pass through the scene in heavy soft focus.

A cow crosses open Montana grassland while small distant figures and low hills sit in the background of the 8mm frame. — A cow moves across the open plain with hills beyond.

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