Montana-1939: Herd Of Cows Moving Downhill Lead By Cowboys Riding Horses Black

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationMontana, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Montana

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Herd Of Cows Moving Downhill Lead By Cowboys Riding... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a herd of cows moving downhill across a dry, grassy field in Montana. Cowboys on horseback lead the cattle through sparse brush under an overcast sky. The grainy black-and-white footage shows natural movement and rural life, with the camera remaining steady as the herd progresses. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century ranching and western Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127546955

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Montana ranching requests needing real home-movie cattle drive material for documentary, museum, education, or western Americana edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s open-range ranch work, with riders on horseback guiding cattle across dry brush and uneven pasture.
Home-movie behavior: The steady distant framing feels observer-shot rather than staged, recording riders and cattle as they move through the landscape without posing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted cowboys, scattered cattle, dry grass, low brush, open hillside, overcast sky, and soft distant terrain.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm texture with soft focus, mild exposure variation, and dark frame edges that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a ranching insert, western transition, rural labor cutaway, or brief memory beat within a Montana or cattle sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for rural livestock movement and horseback work in Montana, while avoiding claims beyond the visible cattle, riders, and landscape.
Research note: People are distant but visible, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, private property, or identifiable buildings are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Montana cattle drive footage, 8mm ranching home movie, cowboys on horseback, herd moving downhill, and black-and-white western Americana.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other material from the same reel, then with 1939 Montana footage, then with ranching, cattle, horseback, and rural western home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing cattle and mounted riders spread across a dry, brushy hillside. — Cowboys on horseback guide cattle across open brushland.

A mounted rider leads or watches scattered cattle moving across dry Montana pasture in the 1939 home movie. — A rider and cattle move through sparse brush on the hillside.

Distant rider on horseback and several cattle cross an open field in black-and-white 8mm Montana ranch footage. — Cattle and a rider continue across the open field.

Cattle move across dry Montana ground with brush and low hills in the background, filmed in grainy 8mm black and white. — The herd spreads out across dry ground near low brush.

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