Montana-1939: A Herd of Cows Grazing in a Grassy Field

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Herd of Cows Grazing in a Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a large herd of black and white cows in a grassy field in Montana. The cattle, many with distinctive white faces, stand closely together, some looking directly at the camera, creating a sense of rural life and pastoral abundance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, with a wide shot showing the herd spread across the open landscape under an overcast sky. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American agriculture.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547119

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: Useful for 1930s rural Montana agriculture requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie cattle footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The open range setting, black-and-white 8mm image, and cattle clustered in an unfenced grassy field may show late-1930s ranching or farm life as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a close, visitor-like view as cows face and drift toward the lens, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie immediacy.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crowded herd of black-and-white cattle, white-faced cows, open grassland, distant low hills, an overcast sky, and frame-edge film borders.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm black-and-white look with visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief agricultural cutaway, rural establishing insert, pastoral transition, or memory beat within a Montana or ranching sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places cattle close to the camera in an open rural landscape, offering context for everyday livestock scenes without asserting a specific ranch or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or evident private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or property questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Montana 8mm cattle herd, 1930s ranch cows grazing, vintage home movie livestock, and black-and-white rural agriculture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Montana 1939 clips, then broader 1930s rural agriculture, ranching, cattle, and open-landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing white-faced cattle close to the camera in an open grassy field. — Cattle gather near the camera in an open Montana field.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a crowded Montana cattle herd across open grassland in 1939. — A dense group of cows stands across the field with low hills beyond.

1939 Montana home-movie frame of cattle packed in the foreground against an open rural horizon. — Cows crowd the foreground as the landscape opens behind them.

Black-and-white 8mm Montana frame with cows facing the lens in a crowded grassy field, 1939. — White-faced cows look toward the camera from a crowded rural field.

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