Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Purple Flower With Bee On Yellow Center

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

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Purple Flower With Bee On Yellow Center — Clip Details

A close-up shot of a vibrant purple flower with a bright yellow center, filmed on 8mm film in 1972. A bee moves across the flower's pollen-rich center, collecting nectar. The footage captures the delicate texture of the petals and the natural motion of the insect, set against a softly blurred green background. The warm, slightly grainy quality of the Super 8 film enhances the nostalgic, vintage feel. This archival clip offers a serene moment of nature, ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123070492

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1972 8mm nature footage from Holland Lake, Montana, useful for documentary cutaways about wildflowers, pollinators, summer travel, or home-movie landscape observation.
Period detail: The frames mainly show a close macro-style flower view, with the 1970s context supported by clip metadata rather than visible objects or fashions.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has the patient, observational quality of a home-movie operator lingering on a bee moving over a flower rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple petals, a yellow flower center, a bee on the pollen area, dark green foliage, shallow focus, and a four-frame contact-sheet layout.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color, and slight exposure variation that give the close-up a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, seasonal transition, pollination cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a Montana or 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a small natural detail at Holland Lake, with no people, buildings, vehicles, or landmarks visible in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review source rights and any project-specific copyright needs.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 8mm Montana wildflower bee close-up, Holland Lake nature home movie, vintage pollinator footage, and purple flower Super 8 cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then broader Montana nature or vintage pollinator footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a purple flower close-up with a bee on the yellow center. — A bee rests on the yellow center of a purple flower in a close 8mm nature shot.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame of a bee moving across the yellow center of a purple wildflower. — The bee shifts position on the flower center while the petals fill most of the frame.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a bee on a purple flower, filmed close against a dark leafy background. — A close view captures the bee on the pollen-rich center of the purple flower.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame where the bee remains near the flower center as the petals overlap in soft focus. — The final sampled frame shows the bee near the center with petals layered across the close-up.

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