Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Man Fishing In The Mountain Lake

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

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Man Fishing In The Mountain Lake — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants stands at the edge of Holland Lake in Montana, casting a fishing rod into the calm water. The lake is surrounded by dense evergreen forests and rugged mountain slopes under a bright sky. Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a peaceful moment of outdoor recreation with natural film grain and authentic color tones. The man moves slightly as he fishes, with the serene landscape reflecting in the still water. This archival footage evokes nostalgia for mid-20th century American leisure and nature.

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: 123070349

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 outdoor recreation, lake fishing, or Montana mountain leisure footage for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The man's clothing, 8mm color texture, and metadata-supported 1972 date place the scene in early 1970s recreational home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a man casting or tending a fishing rod at the lake edge while the camera watches from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone fisherman, calm lake water, evergreen forest, rocky shoreline, distant slopes, reflections, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or location insert for outdoor leisure, fishing, or mountain-lake sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-scale American outdoor recreation in a wooded mountain-lake setting without showing organized events or commercial infrastructure.
Research note: A person is visible from a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or obvious private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1972 8mm Montana lake fishing, Holland Lake home movie, vintage man fishing, and 1970s American outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Holland Lake or Montana 1972 material, then with broader fishing, lakes, forests, and mountain recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A man stands low in frame near Holland Lake, Montana, with calm water, evergreen forest, and mountain slopes visible in 1972 8mm footage. — A fisherman stands at the lakeshore below wooded slopes.

The fisherman stands at the Holland Lake shoreline, holding a rod toward the water with trees and reflected slopes across the lake. — The man fishes from a rocky lakeside edge.

A man in a light shirt and dark pants stands near the waterline at Holland Lake, framed by rocks, trees, and rippling water. — The fisherman shifts position along the shore.

The fisherman faces Holland Lake from the rocky edge as the 8mm frame catches water ripples, reflected trees, and a wooded opposite shore. — The man looks out over the water while fishing.

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