Montana-1939: Herd Of Cattle Runs Through Field On A Clear Day

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

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Herd Of Cattle Runs Through Field On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a herd of cattle moving across a rural field in Montana. The black-and-white footage shows cows walking through a fenced enclosure under a clear sky, with bare trees and open land in the background. The grainy texture and dark frame borders are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains stationary, observing the animals as they move from left to right across the frame, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century farm 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547046

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 8mm ranch footage for documentary or educational needs involving rural livestock, open fields, and cattle movement.
Period detail: The scene may show a late-1930s ranch enclosure, with rough fencing, open pasture, bare trees, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed distance as cattle move through the field, giving the clip an unstaged farm-life record rather than a composed commercial scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cattle herd, fenced pens or rails, open grass, bare trees, distant hills, clear sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and prominent frame edges that mark it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural insert, livestock cutaway, agricultural transition, or quiet memory beat within a Montana or Depression-era farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for cattle handling and open rural land in Montana, without identifying a specific ranch, owner, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location rights should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Montana cattle footage, 1930s ranch home movie, 8mm livestock field, and vintage rural agriculture clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 material, then with broader ranching, cattle, and rural field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle near rough pens in an open rural field with bare trees and distant hills. — Cattle cluster beside low fencing in a wide rural field.

1939 Montana home-movie frame of cattle moving past rough fencing in an open pasture beneath a clear sky. — The herd moves past rough rails in the pasture.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Montana showing cattle crossing a field near wooden rails and leafless trees. — Cattle pass across the field near a fenced enclosure.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with cattle spread across a rural field, low fencing, bare trees, and distant hills. — The herd spreads across the field as it moves beyond the enclosure.

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