Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Human By Water Followed By Bee Pollinating Purple Flower

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

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Human By Water Followed By Bee Pollinating Purple Flower — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Holland Lake, Montana, USA, in 1972. The footage opens with a person in a light-colored shirt and dark pants standing near water, holding a small object. The scene transitions to a close-up of a vibrant purple flower with a yellow center, where a bee is actively pollinating. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic moment of nature and human presence in the American West.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123070473

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 archival requests needing a brief Montana lake-and-nature home-movie moment for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The light clothing, 8mm color stock, and casual lakeside framing support a 1972 home-movie context without showing specific landmarks or date markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a person standing near water to close observation of a bee on a purple flower.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a person by green water, shoreline rock, a purple daisy-like flower, a yellow flower center, a bee, dark foliage, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus shifts, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or quiet contrast between human presence and close-up wildlife detail.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational home-movie attention to lakeside scenery and small natural details in Montana in the early 1970s.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable here; likeness review may still be needed, separate from copyright and any location-use assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm Montana lake footage, Holland Lake home movie, bee pollinating flower close-up, and vintage summer nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Holland Lake or Montana 1972 material, then with 1970s flowers, insects, lakes, and summer travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake home-movie frame showing a person near green water, partly cropped, with a dark shoreline rock beside them. — A person stands near the water at Holland Lake before the clip shifts to flower detail.

Close-up home-movie frame from Holland Lake showing a bee on a purple daisy-like flower with dark green foliage behind it. — A bee rests on a purple flower with a yellow center.

1972 Montana home-movie close-up of a bee pollinating a purple flower, with petals filling most of the frame. — The bee moves across the yellow center of the flower.

Close-up 8mm frame of a bee on a purple flower at Holland Lake, with saturated color and dark leafy background. — The flower and bee remain in close view as the short nature shot ends.

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