Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Bee on Purple Flower with 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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Bee on Purple Flower with Yellow Center — Clip Details

A close-up of a vibrant purple flower with a yellow center, filmed on 8mm film in 1972. A bee lands and crawls across the flower's pollen-rich center, collecting nectar. The footage captures the delicate interaction between insect and plant in natural light, with soft focus and subtle film grain characteristic of vintage home movies. The scene evokes a quiet moment of nature, preserved in retro Super 8 style.

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: 123070504

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, ecology sequences, or archival inserts about insects and wildflowers.
Period detail: The frames show close-up home-movie nature photography with 1970s 8mm color, soft focus, and handheld framing rather than identifiable buildings or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observation of a bee moving over a flower, reflecting a home-movie maker’s attention to small outdoor details.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bee, purple flower petals, a yellow flower center, dark background areas, pollen texture, soft focus, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has a physical 8mm texture with visible grain, warm color shift, slight softness, uneven exposure, and minor frame instability.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short nature insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway within a 1970s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for amateur nature filming in the early 1970s, without showing people, structures, signage, or public events.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any species or editorial-use requirements.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1972 8mm bee on flower, Holland Lake Montana nature footage, vintage wildflower close-up, or home movie insect cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then related 8mm nature, flowers, insects, and Montana outdoor clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake 8mm close-up of a bee partly visible on a purple flower with a yellow center. — A bee appears near the upper right edge of the flower’s yellow center.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a bee on the yellow center of a purple flower in close-up. — The bee crawls across the flower’s yellow center with purple petals filling the frame.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm close-up with a bee on the lower right side of a purple flower’s yellow center. — The bee shifts lower on the flower while the yellow center dominates the close-up.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame of a bee along the right side of a purple flower with a yellow center. — The bee remains on the right edge of the yellow flower center as petals radiate outward.

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