Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Man Catches A Fish With His Bare Hands

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

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Man Catches A Fish With His Bare Hands — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a man at Holland Lake, Montana, proudly displaying a fish he has just caught with his bare hands. Dressed in a light-colored button-down shirt and dark trousers, he crouches on a rocky lakeshore, carefully handling the fish before lifting it up for the camera. The scene unfolds under bright daylight, with calm water and a small evergreen sapling in the foreground, showcasing authentic 1970s film grain and color saturation. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation and personal achievement.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123070451

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 outdoor recreation edits needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a man catching and showing a fish at a Montana lakeshore.
Period detail: The light button-down shirt, dark trousers, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1972 date place the scene in early 1970s personal vacation footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the unstaged moment of an adult man crouching at the waterline and lifting a hand-caught fish toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky lake edge, calm rippled water, an evergreen sapling, an adult man, a small fish, bright daylight, and handheld home-movie framing.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated greens and blues, slight exposure variation, and the intimate framing of a family-shot reel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, outdoor recreation cutaway, family-memory beat, or visual bridge in a fishing or Montana lake sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents informal lakeside recreation and personal achievement in a home-movie setting without showing organized sporting activity or public event context.
Research note: An identifiable adult face is visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness or privacy review for commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 8mm fishing footage, Holland Lake Montana home movie, man catches fish by hand, and vintage lakeshore recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Holland Lake or Montana 1972 material, then with related 1970s fishing, camping, lake, or family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, a man crouches near the waterline beside a small evergreen sapling on 8mm home-movie film. — A man crouches at the rocky edge of the lake as he reaches near the water.

At Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, the man kneels at the shore and holds a small fish with rippled water behind him. — The man begins lifting the fish from the shoreline for the camera.

At Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, the man rises from the rocky shore while holding a small fish against the lake background. — The man stands up from the waterline with the fish held in his hand.

At Holland Lake, Montana in 1972, the man holds the fish up for the camera in a close, softly focused 8mm frame. — The man presents the fish toward the camera near the rippled lake surface.

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