Montana-1939: Cowboys On Horses Herding Cattle Across Field

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

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Cowboys On Horses Herding Cattle Across Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a rural Montana ranch scene. Riders on horseback move across a dusty field, herding a small group of cattle. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the horses in motion, kicking up dust as they guide the animals through the open landscape. Bare trees and rolling terrain frame the action, evoking a sense of early 20th-century Americana. The handheld camera follows the movement, offering a candid glimpse into ranch life during the 1930s.

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: 127546966

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: Supports documentary or educational requests for late-1930s Montana ranch life, with riders herding cattle across open country in real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show period ranch clothing, saddle horses, open grazing land, and hand-managed cattle movement consistent with the stated 1939 Montana home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the riders and cattle from a distance with an informal handheld view, preserving an unstaged family or ranch-side perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback riders, cattle, dusty open field, low brush, bare trees, rolling horizon, and dark frame edges from the scanned film.
Film character: The footage has black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and handheld movement that give the scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural transition, ranching cutaway, or memory beat for livestock work and Western landscape context.
Historical context: The scene documents visible horseback cattle handling in open Montana terrain without asserting a specific ranch, family, event, or land ownership.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or obvious private property are visible, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Montana ranch footage, 8mm cowboys herding cattle, horseback livestock work, rural Western home movie, and vintage cattle drive scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Montana 1939 material, then broader ranching, horses, cattle, and rural work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing distant riders on horseback herding cattle across open ranch terrain. — Horseback riders guide cattle through a dusty field bordered by brush.

Distant riders and cattle cross a Montana field in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage from 1939. — Riders continue moving cattle along the brush line in open terrain.

Riders on horseback travel across a rough Montana field while cattle remain near the brush in this 1939 home-movie frame. — Horseback riders move across uneven ground as cattle stay near the field edge.

Final 1939 Montana frame with cattle scattered near brush and a horseback rider partly visible at the edge. — Cattle move through the field while a rider remains partly in frame at the right.

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