Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Panning View Of River Through Arid Plains

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationHolland Lake, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Holland Lake Montana

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Panning View Of River Through Arid Plains — Clip Details

Panning 8mm home movie footage from 1972 captures a sweeping view of Holland Lake in Montana, USA. The camera glides across a vast, arid landscape featuring a calm blue river winding through golden-brown plains and rugged hills. Sparse green shrubs dot the dry terrain under a pale sky, with the characteristic grain and color palette of vintage Super 8 film. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of quiet Americana and mid-century rural life.

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: 123069119

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: 1972 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: Holland Lake, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational edits needing a quiet rural Montana lake or river landscape from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show sparse development and a warm 8mm color palette that may reflect a 1972 amateur travel record rather than a staged scenic film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot panning viewpoint, observing the water, plains, and low hills without people, signage, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, dry golden grass, dark eroded banks, low hills, scattered shrubs, a pale sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift, slight exposure variation, and handheld pan movement typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a landscape cutaway, travel transition, regional establishing insert, or reflective pause between narrated historical details.
Historical context: The view documents a dry open western landscape and watercourse as seen by an amateur camera, without visible roads, buildings, people, or vehicles.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private structures are visible, but copyright and location identification should still be checked against the source reel.
Research search match: Research matches include 1972 8mm Montana lake landscape, Holland Lake home movie pan, arid plains water view, and vintage rural western scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana views, then broader 1970s rural water landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm view near Holland Lake, Montana, with calm blue water, dry grassland, distant hills, and visible film gate edges. — Water and dry plains seen through a small-gauge film frame.

The pan continues across Holland Lake, Montana, showing a water channel, dry open ground, eroded banks, and low hills under a pale sky. — Open water and arid banks during the landscape pan.

8mm frame of the Montana landscape with a dry hillside, blue water below, scattered shrubs, pale sky, and light film wear. — Dry hillside and waterline in the panning view.

Final frame from the 1972 Montana pan showing blue water, a dark eroded bank, brush in the foreground, and open plains beyond. — Brushy foreground and water beneath an open plain.

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