Montana-1939: Two Men Riding Horses in a Dusty Field

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

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Two Men Riding Horses in a Dusty Field — Clip Details

Two men in hats and period clothing ride horses through a dusty field in Montana during 1939. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet moment of rural life with natural movement and authentic grain. The riders wear boots and jackets, navigating a fenced enclosure under an overcast sky. The handheld camera follows their progress, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Americana. This vintage home movie footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and archival storytelling.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547325

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Montana, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 home-movie footage useful for documentary or education requests needing rural horseback riding, ranch life, or period outdoor movement.
Period detail: The hats, riding boots, jackets, saddled horses, rail fence, and open field may show late-1930s rural dress and horsemanship.
Home-movie behavior: The riders move casually through the enclosure while the handheld camera follows, preserving an unstaged family or local-life observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, saddled horses, broad-brim hats, boots, a dusty fenced field, open sky, and sparse trees near the edge.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft contrast, visible grain, gate-edge shadowing, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural transition, horseback cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s Montana sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents everyday horseback activity in a fenced rural setting without proving a named ranch, event, or public occasion.
Research note: Adults are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, but copyright and location/property status remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana 8mm home movie, men riding horses, rural ranch field, dusty enclosure, vintage horseback footage, and 1930s Americana.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Montana material, then broader rural horseback or ranch-life home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult rider in period clothing on horseback in a fenced Montana field, from 1939 8mm home-movie footage. — A mounted rider passes through a dusty fenced enclosure.

The rider moves across the frame in profile near the fence line.

Two adult riders on saddled horses move through a dusty Montana enclosure in 1939 home-movie footage. — Two mounted men cross paths inside the fenced field.

A mounted rider pauses near another adult man standing by sparse trees in rural Montana, 1939. — A rider and a standing man meet near the edge of the enclosure.

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