Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: An Old Man Enjoying A Great Day Of Fishing On The

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

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An Old Man Enjoying A Great Day Of Fishing On The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a man fishing on the rocky shore of Holland Lake, Montana. Dressed in a light-colored button-down shirt and blue trousers, he stands on a rugged rock ledge beside a small evergreen sapling, casting his fishing rod into the rippling water. The natural daylight highlights the serene lake environment and the authentic grain of the Super 8 footage, evoking a peaceful, nostalgic moment of outdoor recreation 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: 123070433

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 requests needing early 1970s home-movie footage of outdoor recreation, lakeside fishing, or leisure travel in rural Montana.
Period detail: The man's button-down shirt, trousers, and 8mm color home-movie look support the 1972 period attribution without showing specific brands or dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged private moment of an older man quietly fishing from a rocky lakeshore while the camera observes from a short distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fisherman, fishing rod, rocky shore, small evergreen sapling, rippling lake water, daylight, and contact-sheet film borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and handheld home-movie framing that give it authentic archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, memory beat, nature recreation cutaway, or transition within sequences about fishing, travel, family leisure, or Montana lakes.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday outdoor recreation at Holland Lake in 1972, with no visible commercial setting, crowd, signage, or public event context.
Research note: A person is visible from behind or partly cropped, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, children, or private property are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1972 8mm Montana fishing, Holland Lake home movie, older man fishing by lake, rocky lakeshore recreation, and vintage family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Holland Lake or 1972 Montana footage, then broader vintage fishing and lakeside recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake, Montana home-movie frame showing a man from behind fishing on a rocky shore near a small evergreen. — A man stands near the water's edge with fishing gear on the rocky Holland Lake shoreline.

1972 Holland Lake frame with a partly cropped fisherman holding a rod on a rocky shore beside rippling water. — The fisherman is partly cropped as he holds his rod toward the lake beside the sapling.

1972 Holland Lake home-movie frame showing a man fishing from a rock bank with a sapling in the foreground. — The man leans slightly with the fishing rod while standing on the rocky lakeside bank.

Cropped 1972 Holland Lake frame with the fisherman's legs on a rocky ledge near a small evergreen and water. — The final frame crops the fisherman at the edge of the rocky lakeshore with the lake behind him.

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