Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Purple Flower With Bee Pollinating

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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 Pollinating — Clip Details

A close-up of a vibrant purple flower with green leaves and unopened buds, captured on 8mm film in 1972 at Holland Lake, Montana. The flower's bell-shaped petals feature delicate white speckles and a central cluster of stamens. A small bee lands on the bloom, collecting pollen. The footage shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with soft focus and film grain characteristic of vintage home movie footage. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nature and mid-century Americana.

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: 123070625

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

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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 requests needing 1970s 8mm nature footage, pollination detail, or a quiet Montana lake-area cutaway for documentary, museum, educational, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 1972 date and Holland Lake, Montana location are supported by clip metadata, while the visible frames mainly show a close macro view of a purple wildflower and surrounding leaves.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the intimate, handheld attention of a home-movie maker pausing on a small natural detail rather than staging a botanical study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple bell-shaped petals, pale speckles, central stamens, green leaves, unopened buds, dark soil, soft shadows, and a small bee on the bloom.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft macro focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld steadiness shifts that give the nature detail an archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, seasonal transition, ecological cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s outdoor or Montana sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents close observation of wildflower and insect activity in a rural outdoor setting, without visible people, structures, signage, or modern intrusions.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any botanical or location identification should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm Montana nature footage, Holland Lake wildflower close-up, bee pollinating purple flower, vintage home-movie flora, and archival pollination cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1972 Holland Lake or Montana outdoor footage, then with vintage nature, flowers, insects, and pollination themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm view of a purple wildflower with pale center, green leaves, and unopened buds. — Purple wildflower in close view with leaves and unopened buds around the bloom.

Handheld 8mm close-up of the purple wildflower at Holland Lake, with speckled petals, leaves, and shadowed background. — The purple bloom remains centered as surrounding leaves and buds sit in soft focus.

1972 8mm frame of the purple wildflower with leaves, buds, and a ghosted overlap from camera or film movement. — A soft overlapping exposure gives the flower and leaves a layered home-movie look.

Close 1972 Holland Lake, Montana 8mm view of a bee on the purple bloom, with speckled petals and leaves beneath. — A small bee rests on the purple flower near the pale center of the bloom.

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