Montana-1939: Cowboys Herding Cattle Across Prairie

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

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Cowboys Herding Cattle Across Prairie — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures cowboys on horseback herding a large herd of brown and white cows across a vast, open prairie. The footage shows the cattle grazing and moving through the dry grassland under an overcast sky, with the riders guiding the animals across the expansive landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural colors, slight motion blur, and authentic grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century ranch life in Montana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127547655

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 Montana ranching requests needing real home-movie footage of mounted cowboys moving cattle across open prairie.
Period detail: The frames may show period ranch clothing, horseback herding, and unfenced open grassland consistent with the 1939 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual distance as riders and cattle drift through the pasture, giving the scene an unstaged ranch-family viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback riders, brown and white cattle, open prairie grass, distant low hills, scrub vegetation, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, warm muted color, handheld framing, visible grain, and contact-sheet edge density typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural transition, livestock cutaway, or memory beat for Western ranch life.
Historical context: The clip visually places cattle work in a broad Montana prairie setting without identifying a specific ranch, town, or named event.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s Montana ranching, 8mm cattle drive footage, cowboys on horseback, and vintage prairie home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 material, then broader ranching, cattle, horseback, and prairie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Montana home-movie frame showing brown and white cattle spread across open prairie with low hills in the distance. — Cattle graze across a dry prairie landscape with low hills beyond.

1939 Montana ranch scene with distant horseback riders guiding a herd of brown and white cattle across prairie grass. — Mounted riders move among cattle on an open Montana prairie.

Home-movie frame from 1939 Montana showing cattle gathered around mounted riders in a broad prairie pasture. — Cattle gather around riders during a prairie herding scene.

1939 Montana frame showing two distant riders on horseback among cattle, with open prairie and low hills behind them. — Two mounted riders pause among cattle on the open range.

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