Montana-1939: Child Rides Horse Across Dry Field Toward Camera, Montana

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

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Child Rides Horse Across Dry Field Toward Camera, Montana — Clip Details

MONTANA-1939: A young child in a bright red jacket rides a horse across a vast, dry field under an overcast sky. The 8mm home movie footage captures the child approaching the camera on horseback, with the open landscape stretching behind them. The scene transitions to a distant view of a body of water, likely a lake or river, bordered by a grassy bank. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip shows natural grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic look of a 1930s home movie, evoking a sense of rural Americana and nostalgic childhood adventure.

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: 127547751

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Montana home-movie footage suited to rural childhood, horseback riding, open-landscape, or waterway cutaway requests.
Period detail: The bright jacket, small horse rider, open dry field, and soft 8mm color may show late-1930s rural recreation in Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie view as the rider approaches the camera across a broad field before a brief landscape shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mounted child, red jacket, brown field, distant horizon, overcast sky, sparse brush, and a calm body of water.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, mild flicker, and handheld framing that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural childhood insert, horseback memory beat, Montana landscape transition, or quiet cutaway to water.
Historical context: The footage suggests everyday outdoor recreation in an open western landscape without confirming a specific ranch, town, or event.
Research note: People and a likely child are visible at a distance, so likeness and minor-use review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s Montana home movie, child riding horse, rural horseback footage, 8mm western landscape, and lake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Montana 1939 material, then rural horseback or open-water home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Montana 1939 home-movie footage, a distant small rider on horseback moves across a dry field under an overcast sky. — A distant rider crosses the open field at the start of the clip.

A child in a bright red jacket appears to ride a horse toward the camera across a broad Montana field. — The rider approaches from the distance across the dry ground.

The mounted child is closer to the camera, framed against dry Montana grassland and a low, open horizon. — The horse and rider near the camera in the open field.

A brief Montana landscape cutaway shows calm water, a grassy bank, and low hills beneath a pale sky. — The clip ends on a still view of water and low hills.

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