Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: A Hen Foraging in a Grass Field

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

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A Hen Foraging in a Grass Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a wild hen foraging in a grassy field at Holland Lake, Montana. The footage shows the bird moving through tall green grass dotted with white wildflowers, its brown feathers blending into the natural surroundings. The scene is framed with classic 8mm film grain and subtle lens flare, evoking a nostalgic, authentic feel. The camera remains mostly steady, focusing on the hen's natural behavior in its habitat. This archival clip offers a glimpse of rural wildlife and 1970s home movie aesthetics.

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: 123070219

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: 1972 8mm home-movie wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational requests for rural Montana nature cutaways and period outdoor atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s amateur filming through its 8mm contact-frame look, muted color, soft focus, and handheld view of a bird among lakeside grasses.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the patient, unstaged observation of a hen-like wild bird moving naturally through tall grass rather than a posed wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown bird, tall green grass, pale wildflower stalks, pink flowers, rocks or fallen wood, dark frame borders, and split contact-sheet bars.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft exposure, slight blur, and dark frame edges that give the wildlife moment a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, rural transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s Montana travel or family-reel sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet outdoor wildlife encounter at Holland Lake, Montana, framed from a personal camera perspective without visible people or built structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use review remain separate from likeness or trademark concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 8mm Montana wildlife, Holland Lake home movie bird, vintage hen foraging grass, and 1970s rural nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Holland Lake 1972 material, then broader 1970s Montana wildlife or lakeside nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A hen-like brown bird forages in tall grass and pale wildflowers at Holland Lake, Montana, in 1972 8mm home-movie footage. — The bird appears among tall grass and pale flowers in a soft 8mm frame.

The brown hen-like bird is more clearly visible in dense lakeside grass, surrounded by pale flower stalks in the 1972 Montana scene. — The bird stands out briefly against the green grass and light wildflowers.

The frame emphasizes the grass field, pale wildflowers, and pink blossoms while the foraging bird is partly obscured in the 1972 Holland Lake footage. — Vegetation fills the frame as the bird blends into the field.

The closing frame shows grasses, pale wildflower stalks, and rocks or fallen wood near where the bird has moved through the Holland Lake scene. — Rocks or fallen wood appear beyond the grass and wildflower stalks.

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