Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Water Rolling Over Rocks And Running Into A Lake

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

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Water Rolling Over Rocks And Running Into A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene river flowing over rocks and cascading into a lake. The footage shows a natural waterway with white rapids and ripples, framed by rocky banks and green foliage. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with a slightly grainy, color-graded aesthetic typical of Super 8 film from the era. The camera appears to be handheld, offering a personal, nostalgic perspective of Holland Lake, Montana. This archival clip evokes a sense of calm and timeless nature, perfect for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123069272

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

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 1970s American home-movie requests needing natural water, lake, and rocky shoreline footage for documentary inserts or environmental context.
Period detail: The frames show few date-specific clues beyond the 8mm color home-movie look, with daylight exposure, soft focus, and natural scenery consistent with the supplied 1972 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, lingering on water movement and shoreline features rather than presenting a formal scenic composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, rocky banks, white rapids, small cascades, green foliage, distant cliffs, ripples, and daylight sky.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature cutaway, transitional water insert, travel-memory beat, or location-establishing detail within a Montana or 1970s reel.
Historical context: The clip documents recreational observation of a lake and waterway landscape, with no people, vehicles, buildings, or signage visible in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, though copyright, location access, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1972 8mm Holland Lake Montana water footage, rocky rapids entering lake, vintage home movie lake shoreline, and 1970s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Holland Lake or Montana 1972 material, then broader 1970s 8mm water, rocks, and forest scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm view at Holland Lake, Montana, showing calm water with rocky cliffs and daylight sky. — Rocky shoreline and open lake water viewed from a handheld home-movie perspective.

1972 Holland Lake, Montana footage showing water running past rocks and green foliage into a wider pool. — White water and rocks frame the channel as it flows toward the lake.

Home-movie frame from Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, with white rapids, rippled water, rocks, and foliage along the bank. — Rushing water breaks over rocks before widening into calmer ripples.

1972 8mm frame at Holland Lake, Montana, showing white water over rocks with foliage along the edge and calmer water below. — Cascading water and shoreline rocks fill the final sampled frame.

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