Montana-1939: A Man Walking In A Field Surrounded By Cows While Two Cows Chase

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

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A Man Walking In A Field Surrounded By Cows While Two... — Clip Details

A man in a hat and work clothes walks through a grassy field in Montana in 1939, surrounded by a herd of black and white cows. The 8mm home movie footage captures the rural farm life with natural, unscripted movement as the cows graze and move across the open landscape. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by film borders, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel. In the final frames, two cows run across a distant field near a fence line, highlighting the pastoral setting. This vintage 8mm film offers authentic, historic footage of 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: 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547171

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

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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 documentary or museum edits needing 1930s Montana ranch or farm-life footage with cattle, open range, and an adult worker in an unstaged rural setting.
Period detail: The work clothes, brimmed hat, black-and-white 8mm texture, open fencing, and cattle pasture support a late-1930s rural Montana reading from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a man moving through a cattle field and then follows distant cows running near a fence, preserving casual farm activity rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in work clothes, black-and-white cattle, open grassy pasture, low hills, fence lines, distant ranch terrain, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm contrast, soft focus, slight handheld drift, and visible frame edges that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural agriculture insert, cattle cutaway, transition into ranch life, or brief memory beat for American home-movie context.
Historical context: The footage visually documents cattle moving through open pasture with an adult field worker, offering social context for everyday ranch or farm labor without naming a specific operation.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review, while no logos, children, music, or clear private-property identifiers are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Montana cattle footage, 8mm ranch home movie, man walking among cows, rural American agriculture, and cows running near fence.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana rural scenes, then broader 1930s cattle, ranching, and farm-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana footage, a man in work clothes walks across an open field among grazing and moving cattle. — A man walks through an open cattle field as cows cluster around him.

The man stands at the edge of a black-and-white cattle herd in a Montana pasture, with open land beyond. — The field worker pauses near cattle moving across the pasture.

Two cattle run across a broad Montana field near fencing, with low hills visible in the background. — Two cows move quickly across a fenced pasture beneath distant hills.

Cattle continue running across the open Montana pasture, framed by fence lines and low hills. — Cattle run across the distant field as the camera holds on the rural landscape.

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