Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Close-Up Of Purple Flower With Bumblebee

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

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Close-Up Of Purple Flower With Bumblebee — Clip Details

A close-up 8mm home movie from 1972 captures a vibrant purple flower with a dense yellow center, likely an aster, in sharp focus. The camera slowly zooms in, emphasizing the intricate texture of the flower's disc florets. A bumblebee briefly lands on the bloom, collecting pollen. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of vintage home movies. This intimate nature scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and quiet observation.

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: 123070519

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: Useful for 1970s nature or travel productions needing a brief 8mm floral close-up from Holland Lake, Montana, as archival texture or a quiet environmental insert.
Period detail: The frames show no dated objects, but the soft color, grain, and close handheld macro framing are consistent with the supplied 1972 8mm home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the patient, observational feel of a home-movie operator lingering on a wildflower and following small natural detail rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple petals, a dense yellow flower center, green background blur, black frame borders, close macro focus, and a briefly visible bumblebee.
Film character: The footage has saturated but slightly aged color, visible 8mm grain, soft macro focus shifts, and dark gate edges that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, a quiet transition, or a memory beat between travel, lake, hiking, or summer home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents close attention to wildflower detail in a 1970s home-movie travel setting without showing people, buildings, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or natural-history identification before final use.
Research search match: Searches this may satisfy include 1972 8mm purple flower close-up, Holland Lake Montana nature footage, vintage home movie wildflower, and bumblebee on flower.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then broader Montana nature, wildflower, bee, or summer travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm Holland Lake, Montana close-up of a purple flower with a yellow center and a bumblebee near the bloom. — A purple flower is framed in close-up, with a bumblebee visible near the upper side of the yellow center.

Close 8mm view of the flower's yellow center at Holland Lake, with purple petals and soft green background visible. — The camera moves closer to the textured yellow center of the purple flower.

Tight 1972 8mm macro shot of the purple flower, with the yellow center soft and cropped close. — A tighter, softer view emphasizes the flower's yellow center and purple petal shapes.

Final close 8mm frame from Holland Lake showing the flower's yellow center enlarged against purple petals. — The zoom ends with the flower center filling most of the frame and purple petals receding behind it.

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