Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Bee And Fly Eat Pollen

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

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Bee And Fly Eat Pollen — Clip Details

A close-up 8mm home movie from 1972 captures a bumblebee and a fly feeding on pollen from a vibrant purple flower with a yellow center. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows the insects actively collecting nectar, with the bee's fuzzy body and the fly's delicate wings clearly visible. The natural colors and slight film grain evoke a nostalgic, vintage feel, offering a rare glimpse into a quiet moment of nature in Holland Lake, Montana.

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: 123070534

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, insect, pollination, or home-movie cutaways in documentary, museum, education, and editorial productions.
Period detail: The close macro-style Super 8 view shows 1970s amateur nature filming, with era clues carried mainly by the physical film stock and handheld framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's attention to a small outdoor natural moment rather than a posed or directed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bumblebee, a fly, purple flower petals, a yellow pollen center, dark film borders, soft focus, and close handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible film grain, saturated color, slight softness, and gate edges that read as scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, seasonal transition, nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a larger Montana or ecology sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale record of outdoor observation at Holland Lake, Montana, without showing people, buildings, or identifiable property.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any project-specific release needs.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 Super 8 bee on flower, Holland Lake Montana home movie nature, vintage pollination footage, and 1970s insect close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana outdoor footage, then broader vintage nature, flowers, insects, and pollination clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm frame of a bumblebee on a purple flower with a yellow pollen center. — A bumblebee rests on the flower's pollen center in a close Super 8 nature shot.

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm frame showing a bumblebee moving across a purple flower's yellow center. — The bee shifts across the center of the purple flower in soft, close framing.

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm frame of a fly on a yellow flower center with purple petals behind it. — A fly stands on the flower's textured yellow center, framed tightly against purple petals.

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm frame showing a fly near the edge of a purple flower's yellow center. — The fly remains near the rim of the yellow center as the flower fills the Super 8 frame.

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