Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Aerial View of Lake Surrounded by Dense Forest

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

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Aerial View of Lake Surrounded by Dense Forest — Clip Details

Aerial views of Holland Lake in Montana, USA, captured on 8mm film in 1972. The footage shows a serene lake surrounded by dense evergreen forests, with small islands and peninsulas extending into the water. The camera moves smoothly over the landscape, revealing the natural beauty of the region. The film exhibits characteristic 8mm grain and color saturation, with a slightly faded, nostalgic quality. This vintage home movie captures a peaceful, untouched wilderness scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123069600

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

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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: 1970s 8mm aerial wilderness footage for productions needing a quiet establishing view of a forested Montana lake landscape.
Period detail: The clip shows physical-film color, grain, and aerial framing consistent with 1972 home-movie travel footage, with no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot sightseeing perspective from above the lake, observing shoreline shapes, islands, and forest without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, evergreen forest, wooded peninsulas, small islands, distant shoreline, cloud reflections, and dark film-gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and slight exposure variation that give the aerial landscape a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as an establishing insert, nature transition, regional cutaway, or reflective memory beat for Montana wilderness material.
Historical context: The view documents a forested lake environment as seen from a small aircraft or elevated moving platform, emphasizing recreation-era landscape observation rather than human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, location depiction, and any property or land-management concerns separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 8mm Montana lake aerial, Holland Lake forest footage, vintage home movie wilderness, and evergreen shoreline aerial view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana footage, then broader vintage aerial lake and forest travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm aerial view of Holland Lake, Montana, with blue water, forested shoreline, and a tree-covered peninsula. — Aerial pass over Holland Lake with dense forest wrapping around the shoreline.

1972 8mm aerial footage over Holland Lake, showing dense Montana forest, calm water, and a narrow wooded point. — Forested peninsula extends into the lake beneath the aerial camera.

Aerial 8mm view of Holland Lake in 1972, with evergreen trees along a curved shore and open water filling the frame. — The camera moves closer to the wooded shoreline and open lake surface.

1972 Holland Lake aerial showing small tree-covered islands, calm water, and dense evergreen forest around the shore. — Small forested islands appear in the lake during the aerial pass.

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