Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Sunset On The Lake Is A Wonderful View Of

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

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Sunset On The Lake Is A Wonderful View Of — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over Holland Lake in Montana. The clip opens with a dark, grainy frame before revealing a shimmering lake surface reflecting the fading light. A luminous cloud glows above the horizon, framed by silhouetted trees and foliage. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere with natural film grain and subtle color shifts characteristic of Super 8 footage from the early 1970s.

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: 123069489

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: 1970s 8mm Montana lake footage for documentaries needing a quiet natural sunset insert, wilderness transition, or reflective landscape beat.
Period detail: The 1972 date is supported by metadata, while the visible scene itself shows timeless lake, forest, and sunset details rather than era-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler or family-home-movie viewpoint, holding on a scenic lake view from a shaded shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark opening exposure, shimmering lake water, a glowing cloud, silhouetted trees, shoreline foliage, and reflected sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm image has pronounced grain, deep shadow, soft focus, exposure fluctuation, and cool color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a contemplative cutaway, scene transition, memory beat, or natural establishing insert for a Montana lake sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a leisure-view encounter with Holland Lake, emphasizing outdoor scenery rather than people, vehicles, buildings, or organized activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright and location-use questions still require normal archive review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 8mm Holland Lake Montana sunset, vintage home movie lake reflection, and 1970s Montana wilderness footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana clips, then broader 1970s lake, forest, sunset, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Opening 8mm frame from the 1972 Holland Lake clip, largely dark with only faint grain and edge exposure visible. — The clip begins on a dark, grainy frame before the lake view appears.

Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, with bright reflected sunset light on the water, a glowing cloud, and silhouetted trees along the shore. — Sunlight glints across the lake beneath a bright cloud and dark shoreline trees.

1972 8mm view of Holland Lake with a luminous cloud over the water, strong reflection, and shaded trees framing the scene. — A glowing cloud and sparkling lake surface are framed by branches and shoreline vegetation.

Final 1972 Holland Lake frame showing reflected sunset light on the water, a bright low cloud, and dark forest shapes at the shore. — The clip closes on the same lake sunset view, with bright water reflection and silhouetted forest edges.

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