Montana-1939: Cows Running Through Field and Man with Horses on Ranch

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

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Cows Running Through Field and Man with Horses on Ranch — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage captures a rural ranch scene. Cows run across a dry, open field bordered by a wooden fence, with rolling hills in the background under a cloudy sky. The sequence transitions to a man in a dark hat and period clothing standing with several horses, holding their reins. The grainy, high-contrast image and film borders evoke authentic vintage 1930s Americana, offering archival footage for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547206

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana ranch footage supports documentary or educational requests for rural livestock handling, open range landscapes, and home-movie views of ranch work.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s ranch clothing, simple wooden fencing, open dry pasture, and horse tack consistent with the supplied 1939 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes cattle moving across a field and a ranch hand standing with horses from a casual home-movie distance rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include running cattle, open pasture, wooden fence line, low hills, cloudy sky, a man in a dark hat, several horses, and reins or tack.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, high contrast, soft focus, frame-edge shadows, and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural life insert, livestock cutaway, ranch transition, or brief memory beat within a 1930s Americana sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually situates people and animals in a dry western ranch setting, showing cattle movement and horse handling without identifying the ranch or individuals.
Research note: A visible adult and possible ranch setting suggest likeness and property-context review, while copyright status should be evaluated separately from depicted subjects.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Montana ranch home movie, black-and-white 8mm cattle running, ranch hand with horses, and 1930s rural livestock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1939 material, then with broader ranching, cattle, horses, and rural Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana ranch footage, cattle move across open pasture near a wooden fence with rolling hills beyond. — Cattle cross an open ranch field bordered by a fence and distant hills.

A lone cow runs through dry Montana pasture in black-and-white 8mm footage, with fencing and a low hill behind it. — A cow moves along the open fenced pasture below a broad hill.

A ranch hand in a dark hat appears with several horses in 1939 Montana home-movie footage near a fence or corral area. — A man stands close to horses gathered near a ranch fence or corral.

A man in ranch clothing stands among horses in 1939 Montana footage, with open land and bare trees behind the group. — A ranch hand stands with horses at the edge of an open rural yard.

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