Montana-1939: Ranchers On Horseback Herding Cattle

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

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Ranchers On Horseback Herding Cattle — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: Ranchers on horseback herd a large herd of brown and white cattle across an open, dry prairie. Two riders in period clothing guide the cattle through the expansive landscape under an overcast sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with visible film grain and slight color fading typical of vintage home movies. The scene captures authentic ranch life and rural Americana from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127547684

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural Americana requests needing authentic Montana ranch labor, cattle herding, horseback riders, or Depression-era Western life in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The riders' clothing, mounted work, open range setting, and 8mm color home-movie look support the 1939 Montana ranching context supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a home-movie distance as riders guide cattle through the prairie, preserving unstaged movement rather than a posed ranch portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback ranchers, brown and white cattle, dry grassland, low brush, distant hills, overcast sky, and handheld framing from original film.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm detail, warm faded color, visible grain, gate shadows, and slight handheld instability that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural transition, cattle-drive cutaway, or memory beat establishing ranch work in the American West.
Historical context: The footage visually places animal handling and mounted ranch labor within a broad Montana prairie landscape without identifying the ranch, people, or herd ownership.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately from the visual metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Montana ranch footage, 1930s 8mm cattle herding, horseback ranchers, vintage prairie home movies, and rural Americana stock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 material, then broader 1930s ranching, cattle, horseback, and rural Western home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana footage, two ranchers on horseback appear to guide cattle across dry open prairie. — Ranchers on horseback move among cattle on a broad prairie.

Riders on horseback work near a cluster of cattle in the Montana prairie landscape documented by the clip metadata. — Mounted riders guide cattle through the dry grassland.

Two ranchers on horseback face the camera while cattle move through the foreground in 1939 Montana ranch footage. — Riders hold position as cattle cross in front of the camera.

A mounted rancher rides beside a larger cattle group on the open Montana prairie shown in the clip metadata. — A rider moves along the edge of the herd in the prairie landscape.

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