Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Bees 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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Bees Pollinating Purple Flower — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of multiple bees pollinating a vibrant purple flower with a bright yellow center. The footage shows the insects actively moving across the flower's disc florets, collecting pollen. The natural setting features lush green foliage in the background, with the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into nature, perfect for documentaries, educational content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123070549

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: 1970s 8mm nature footage suited to documentary or educational requests needing a brief pollination cutaway from a Montana home-movie reel.
Period detail: The frames show a macro-style close view of a purple wildflower and insects, with the 1972 period supported by clip metadata rather than visible dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the close, patient observation of a home-movie camera lingering on small wildlife activity rather than staged natural-history photography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple-petaled flower, yellow central disc, several dark bees or flies, green foliage, deep shadow, and black frame borders from the scanned film.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, saturated violet and yellow color, soft focus shifts, and dark gate edges that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, ecological cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet observational beat within a nature or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents close observation of insect activity on a flower in a lake-area Montana setting, without visible people, buildings, signage, or dated cultural markers.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, location context, and species identification before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1972 8mm Montana wildflower pollination, Holland Lake nature home movie, and vintage close-up bees on purple flower.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then broader vintage pollination, wildflower, and insect cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a dark insect on a purple flower's yellow center, with soft focus and visible film borders. — A dark insect rests on the yellow disc of a purple flower in a close, grainy 8mm frame.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame with one insect on the yellow disc and another near the edge of a purple flower. — Two insects appear around the yellow center of a purple flower, one partly in shadow at the right edge.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a purple flower with insects around its yellow center against green foliage. — A close view of the flower shows insect activity across the yellow center and lower petal area.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a wider view of a purple flower with insects near the yellow disc and leafy background. — The final frame widens to show the full purple flower, green leaves, and insects gathered near the center.

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