Montana-1939: Black And White Cows Eating Hay On Farm With Two Figures In Background

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

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Black And White Cows Eating Hay On Farm With Two Figures... — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: Black and white cows graze in a rural field, some chewing cud while others stand near wooden fences. Two indistinct figures appear in the background, likely farm workers. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a grainy, high-contrast texture with natural lighting and a handheld camera movement. The scene captures a quiet moment on a Montana farm during the late 1930s, with cows scattered across a grassy landscape under an overcast sky.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547391

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 (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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural Montana inserts showing cattle in a field for documentary, education, or agricultural history edits.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s farm pasture conditions, with open fencing, hay or grass rows, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie viewpoint, lingering on cattle at pasture without staged action or direct address to camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include scattered cows, a grassy field, low wooden fencing, pale hay or crop rows, a distant tree line, and indistinct dark forms in the background.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image carries heavy grain, high contrast, soft focus, edge shadowing, and slight handheld drift as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief agricultural cutaway, rural transition, farm-life insert, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary cattle grazing on open rural land, offering visual context for farm work and livestock keeping without identifying a specific ranch.
Research note: No identifiable faces, logos, or audible music are visible or noted, but users should still review copyright, location, and property considerations for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana farm footage, black-and-white 8mm cows, rural cattle pasture, vintage livestock grazing, and home-movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 farm scenes, then broader 1930s rural cattle or pasture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cows spread across a rural pasture, with soft focus and strong edge shadowing. — Cows stand and graze across a dark rural field.

Black-and-white Montana farm frame with cows along pale hay or field rows, distant landforms, and a soft handheld 8mm look. — Cows gather along pale rows in an open field.

Soft, high-contrast 1939 Montana 8mm frame showing a blurred pasture area with horizontal light streaks and strong film grain. — Handheld pasture view with blurred motion and light streaks.

Grainy 1939 Montana 8mm frame of a fenced pasture with distant cattle forms, open grass, and a dark tree line beyond. — Distant cattle stand beyond a low fence in an open field.

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