Grand Teton Wyoming USA-1980: Yellow Butterfly on Purple Spiky Flowers

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationGrand Teton, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 Grand Teton Wyoming

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Yellow Butterfly on Purple Spiky Flowers — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Teton Wyoming USA in 1980 captures a yellow butterfly with intricate wing patterns landing on tall, spiky purple flowers in a sun-dappled meadow. The film shows natural pollination in a lush green environment with soft focus and authentic Super 8 grain, evoking nostalgic Americana. The butterfly flutters between blooms, highlighting the delicate interaction between insect and flora in a classic, unscripted nature scene.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122860165

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1980 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: Grand Teton, Wyoming, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1980s 8mm nature clip supports requests for Grand Teton meadow ecology, pollination cutaways, and quiet home-movie wildlife inserts.
Period detail: The frames show no datable objects, but the metadata supports a 1980 Grand Teton setting captured on 8mm color home-movie film.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering on a butterfly and wildflowers rather than presenting a formal nature study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow patterned butterfly, tall purple flower spikes, small pale blossoms, green meadow grass, leaves, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight gate edges give the clip recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, gentle transition, seasonal insert, or memory beat within a travel or ecology sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a small observed pollination moment in a mountain-park meadow without showing people, buildings, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or natural-history identification needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980 8mm Grand Teton butterfly, Wyoming meadow wildflowers, vintage pollination footage, and home movie nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1980 Grand Teton or Wyoming clips, then broader 8mm meadow, butterfly, and wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame showing a yellow patterned butterfly near a tall purple wildflower in a soft green meadow. — A yellow butterfly hovers near a purple flower spike in a sun-dappled meadow.

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame with the butterfly partly behind a tall purple flower head in a green meadow. — The butterfly settles close to the flower head as grass and leaves blur behind it.

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame showing the butterfly partly hidden by a purple flower spike in soft meadow light. — The butterfly is partly concealed by the flower spike as the handheld shot holds on the plant.

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame with a yellow butterfly on a purple flower spike over pale wildflowers and meadow leaves. — The shot widens slightly to include pale wildflowers below the butterfly and flower spike.

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