Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Bird Walking Through Woodland Undergrowth

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

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Bird Walking Through Woodland Undergrowth — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a bird moving through a natural woodland setting at Holland Lake, Montana. The footage shows the bird walking among green foliage and rocks, with a textured, grainy quality typical of Super 8 film. The camera remains mostly steady, focusing on the bird's movement through the underbrush. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with earthy tones and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of Americana offers a quiet moment of wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 123070234

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief wildlife or woodland nature cutaway from Montana.
Period detail: The footage may show 1970s amateur 8mm filming through its soft focus, natural daylight exposure, and handheld framing rather than visible dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of a bird moving quietly through rocks and undergrowth in a lake-area woodland setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird, green foliage, pale rocks, grasses, a dark film-frame edge, and sunlit patches of ground.
Film character: The 8mm image has pronounced grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, nature transition, or quiet memory beat within a travel, family, or regional montage.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor filming of wildlife during a visit to the Holland Lake area, with no visible people, buildings, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location documentation, and wildlife identification should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm Montana wildlife, Holland Lake nature home movie, small bird walking in foliage, and vintage woodland cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana footage, and then with broader vintage wildlife or woodland home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small bird among foliage and rocks at Holland Lake, Montana, in 1972 8mm home-movie footage. — A small bird is partly visible in undergrowth near pale rock ledges.

Bird moving near sunlit rocks and green brush in 1972 Holland Lake, Montana home-movie footage. — The bird appears near a light rock surface surrounded by dense plants.

Soft 8mm frame from Holland Lake showing a bird partly obscured by grass and rock in a wooded area. — Vegetation and rock fill the frame as the bird becomes partly obscured.

Small bird beside rocks and foliage in a soft 1972 8mm view from Holland Lake, Montana. — The bird remains near the rocks as the frame softens with motion and focus falloff.

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