Montana-1939: Herd of Cattle Drinking from Waterhole

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

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Herd of Cattle Drinking from Waterhole — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a herd of cattle drinking from a waterhole on a clear day. The grainy black-and-white footage shows cows gathered at the edge of a muddy watering spot, with a wooden fence in the foreground and bare trees in the background. A person in dark clothing stands nearby, observing the animals. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, film grain, and natural light—evoking a nostalgic, rural American scene from the late 1930s.

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: 127547412

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural Montana or American ranch-life requests needing brief editorial footage of cattle at a watering place.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s ranch conditions, with open pasture, wooden fencing, bare trees, and cattle gathered at a muddy waterhole.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing cattle and a nearby adult from behind a fence rather than arranging a formal ranch scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cattle, a muddy waterhole, wooden fence rails, bare trees, open pasture, distant hills, and a dark-clothed person near the herd.
Film character: Soft focus, high grain, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and slight handheld framing give the scanned 8mm footage a clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life cutaway, ranching insert, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within a Montana or livestock sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday animal watering on open land, suggesting a working rural environment without proving ownership, ranch identity, or a specific event.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, location, and property considerations should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Montana cattle home movie, 1930s ranch footage, 8mm cattle watering, rural American livestock, and black-and-white pasture scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s ranching, cattle, and waterhole material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing cattle near a muddy waterhole, with a person standing beyond fence rails in open pasture. — Cattle gather near a fenced waterhole while a person stands in the pasture.

1939 Montana 8mm frame with cattle drinking or standing at a muddy waterhole beside a wooden fence and leafless trees. — Cattle crowd the edge of a muddy watering place in open ranch land.

1939 Montana 8mm frame showing many cattle around a muddy waterhole, seen past wooden fence rails and winter-bare trees. — The herd spreads across the watering area behind the fence line.

1939 Montana 8mm frame of cattle gathered at a muddy waterhole, framed by fence rails, bare trees, and open pasture. — Cattle remain gathered around the muddy waterhole as the shot holds from behind the fence.

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