Montana-1939: Man Wearing Black Hat Talks To Person Sitting On Horse On A Clear Day

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

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Man Wearing Black Hat Talks To Person Sitting On Horse... — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A man in a black hat and dark clothing stands in a rural field, talking to another man seated on a horse. The scene, captured on 8mm film, shows two figures in period attire against a backdrop of bare trees and open land. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, with a handheld camera capturing the quiet interaction. The final frames reveal a distant herd of cattle moving across the landscape, emphasizing the pastoral setting of a 1930s American ranch. This authentic home movie offers a glimpse into mid-century rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547339

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: Useful for requests needing 1930s Montana ranch life, horseback ranch work, or rural American home-movie inserts for documentary, museum, education, or period atmosphere edits.
Period detail: Visible period clues include brimmed hats, work clothing, horseback travel, open pasture, bare trees, and cattle in a rural landscape that supports the 1939 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, watching a quiet field conversation before drifting toward cattle moving across the ranch landscape.
What appears in frame: The frames show two adult men, a saddled horse, open pasture, bare trees, fence or brush lines, distant hills, and a herd of cattle.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, gate edges, visible grain, and handheld framing give the clip a physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural life insert, ranching cutaway, memory beat, or transition from people on horseback to cattle in the field.
Historical context: The clip visually documents everyday ranch or farm activity in rural Montana, emphasizing work clothing, animal handling, and open land without identifying the people shown.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and identification review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Montana ranch footage, 8mm home movie cattle herd, man on horseback rural field, and vintage American ranch life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ranch scenes, then other 1939 Montana footage, then broader rural cattle, horseback, and Great Plains home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a mounted man and a standing man in dark clothing in an open ranch field. — A mounted man pauses near a standing man in an open rural field.

1939 Montana ranch scene with a standing man in a dark hat near a saddled horse and rider, framed by bare trees and pasture. — A standing man and a rider remain near each other in the field.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle spread across a rural pasture with leafless trees and low hills in the background. — Cattle appear across the pasture as the camera looks over the ranch landscape.

1939 Montana ranch footage frame with cattle scattered across pasture under a pale sky, with trees and hills beyond. — The final view settles on cattle scattered across the field.

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