Montana-1939: Cowboy Riding Horse Through Muddy Pen With Cattle

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

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Cowboy Riding Horse Through Muddy Pen With Cattle — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A man in a hat and jacket rides a horse through a muddy farm pen, guiding cattle. A young calf walks in the foreground as other cows stand in wooden enclosures. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures rural farm life with authentic grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, documentary feel of mid-20th century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127546923

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana ranch footage for productions needing an authentic rural livestock handling insert or agricultural home-movie cutaway.
Period detail: The rider's hat, simple work jacket, wooden cattle pens, muddy yard, and 8mm home-movie framing support the 1939 rural Montana setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ordinary ranch work as the rider moves through mud and cattle, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of daily livestock handling.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mounted man, a dark horse, cattle and a calf, muddy ground, wooden rails, fenced pens, hay or brush, and open rural land.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short ranch-life insert, livestock cutaway, rural transition, or memory beat within a Montana or Depression-era farm sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents cattle work in a muddy pen and offers visual context for rural animal handling without proving ownership, ranch identity, or a named event.
Research note: A man's face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from personality or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Montana ranch home movie, 8mm cowboy riding horse with cattle, muddy cattle pen footage, and vintage rural livestock scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 clips, then broader 1930s ranching, cattle, horse riding, and rural farm-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana ranch footage, a man on horseback moves through a muddy pen with cattle and wooden rail enclosures. — A rider guides his horse through mud as cattle stand near the pen rails.

A calf crosses a muddy foreground while a mounted rider and cattle appear in the background of the Montana home-movie scene. — A calf passes in front of the camera while the rider continues through the cattle yard.

The rider on horseback follows behind a calf in the muddy ranch pen, with cattle gathered along wooden enclosures. — The horse and rider move behind a calf as cattle remain inside the rail pens.

A closer 1939 Montana frame shows the mounted man in a hat and jacket beside a wooden ranch fence and muddy ground. — The rider comes closer to the camera beside the fence, his horse partly filling the frame.

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