Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Man on Rocky Shore Watching Fish Jump

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

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Man on Rocky Shore Watching Fish Jump — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and blue jeans stands on a rocky shore at Holland Lake, Montana, in 1972, watching ripples spread across the water after a fish jumps. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet moment of nature and recreation, with the man’s stillness contrasting the dynamic movement of the water. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful nostalgia, characteristic of vintage home movies 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: 123070421

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s North American outdoor recreation requests needing quiet 8mm home-movie footage of a man watching water activity at a lakeshore.
Period detail: The man’s tucked light shirt, blue jeans, belt, and the soft 8mm color rendering support an early 1970s home-movie feel, with the 1972 Holland Lake, Montana setting supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged recreational pause as a man stands still on a rocky shore watching ripples where a fish appears to have disturbed the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt and blue jeans, a rocky lakeshore, green-blue lake water, circular ripples, black film-frame borders, and occasional water disturbance.
Film character: The footage has a scanned 8mm look with muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a contact-sheet rhythm that emphasizes its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for fishing, lakeside recreation, Montana travel, or 1970s family-vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal leisure at a natural lakeside setting without showing organized events, signage, vehicles, or identifiable commercial context.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, music, children, or private property are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1972 8mm Montana lake footage, Holland Lake home movie, man watching fish jump, vintage fishing cutaway, and 1970s lakeshore recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana outdoor scenes, then broader 1970s fishing, water, and family-vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, a man seen from behind stands on a rocky shore while ripples spread across the green-blue water. — Man watching ripples from a rocky lakeshore.

A closer 1972 Holland Lake frame shows the man from behind on the rocky edge as a clear ring of ripples expands on the water. — Circular ripples spread near the standing man.

The frame crops the man at the left edge while the lake surface fills the view with widening ripples near the rocky shore at Holland Lake. — Ripple rings widen across the lake surface.

The man remains on the rocky lakeshore at Holland Lake as small disturbances and ripples mark the water in front of him. — Man remains still as the water moves.

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