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Montana-1939: Child Riding Horse Toward Camera Then Shot Of A Body Of Water

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

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Child Riding Horse Toward Camera Then Shot Of A Body Of... — 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 (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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • horse
  • child
  • field
  • water
  • chilly
  • riding
  • camera
  • shot
  • body
  • sports
  • recreation
  • montana
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • child riding horse
  • Montana 1939
  • rural America
  • 1930s family footage
  • horseback riding
  • open field
  • overcast sky
  • red jacket
  • archival footage
  • nostalgic home movie
  • vintage film grain
  • 8mm home movie
  • child on horse
  • countryside
  • old film
  • historical footage
  • family recreation
  • vintage 1930s

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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