Montana-1939: Man Riding Horse Through Field With Cows In Background

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

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Man Riding Horse Through Field With Cows In Background — Clip Details

A man in a brown jacket and black hat rides a dark horse with a white blaze across a wide, open field in Montana during 1939. Several cows graze and rest in the background as the rider moves through the landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet moment of rural life with natural lighting and the characteristic grain and color palette of vintage home movies. The camera remains mostly steady, focusing on the man and horse as they traverse the terrain.

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: 127547728

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: 1930s Montana home-movie footage for productions needing rural ranch life, horseback riding, or open-range agricultural atmosphere.
Period detail: The rider's hat, jacket, open pasture, cattle, and 8mm color home-movie look support a late-1930s rural Montana setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged family-film feel, watching a rider approach the camera and then move away across a field.
What appears in frame: A man on a dark horse, a white facial blaze, grazing and resting cattle, open brown pasture, distant low hills, and soft daylight are visible.
Film character: The clip shows 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that give it recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief rural-life insert, ranching cutaway, travel transition, or quiet memory beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents everyday horseback movement through cattle pasture without supporting a specific ranch, family, or event identification.
Research note: A visible adult rider creates likeness-review needs, while copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1939 Montana home movie horse rider, 1930s ranch field cattle, vintage 8mm cowboy pasture, and rural western footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s ranching or horseback scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Montana home-movie footage, a man rides a dark horse toward the camera as cattle graze in an open field. — A rider approaches the camera on horseback with cattle scattered across the pasture behind him.

The Montana rider is framed closer on a dark horse with a white blaze, with grazing cattle and open ground in the background. — The horse and rider fill more of the frame while cattle remain visible across the field.

A rider in a red top travels away across an open Montana field, seen from behind in soft 8mm color. — The rider moves away from the camera across the open terrain.

A distant horseback rider crosses the Montana pasture, with low hills and sparse field details visible beyond. — The rider appears farther away as the horse crosses the open pasture.

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