California-1939: Cowboys Herding Cattle with Spectators Watching

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Cowboys Herding Cattle with Spectators Watching — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1939: Cowboys on horseback herd cattle across a dusty field, kicking up clouds of dust as they move. A man in a white hat and dark shirt runs across the foreground, while spectators watch from the sidelines. The scene shifts to a vintage automobile carrying several passengers, driving along a tree-lined road. Shot on 8mm film, this home movie captures the rugged energy of rural life and early 20th-century Americana with authentic grain and color.

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: 127571329

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 California home-movie requests needing rural horseback, cattle-herding, spectator, or early automobile material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include cowboys on horseback, a dusty open field, spectators along the edge, and an open vintage automobile that may show late-1930s rural California leisure or community activity.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal home-movie viewpoint, watching riders, cattle, bystanders, and a passing car from the edge of the action rather than from a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: The frames show cattle moving through dust, mounted riders, spectators near the field, a man crossing the foreground, an open vintage car, passengers, trees, and a roadside building.
Film character: The 8mm color film has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and contact-print borders that add useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural Americana insert, a transition from field activity to road travel, or a brief memory beat about California community life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The imagery suggests a public or community gathering around horseback cattle handling, followed by casual automobile travel, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright, likeness, and any location or property questions should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 California 8mm cowboys, cattle herding home movie, dusty horseback field, spectators at rural event, and vintage car passengers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel footage, then other California 1939 home movies, then broader 1930s rural, cowboy, cattle, spectator, and vintage automobile material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California home-movie frame showing cattle and horseback riders crossing a dusty field as spectators watch from the far side. — Cattle and riders kick up dust across an open field while spectators line the background.

1939 California frame with mounted riders, cattle, dust, and spectators along the edge of an open field. — Mounted riders work near cattle as dust drifts across the field and onlookers stand beyond them.

1939 California home-movie frame showing a man crossing in front of mounted riders and horses near a spectator area. — A man crosses the foreground as riders and horses pause near the edge of the dusty field.

1939 California home-movie frame showing several passengers riding in an open vintage automobile past trees and a roadside building. — An open vintage automobile carries several passengers along a tree-lined road.

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