Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Insect Searching For Something To Eat Inside A 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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Insect Searching For Something To Eat Inside A Purple Flower — Clip Details

A close-up shot from 1972 captures a dark insect crawling inside a vibrant purple flower with speckled petals and a pale center. The flower, likely a bell-shaped wildflower, is set against a dark background with soft green foliage. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain and rich, saturated colors typical of vintage home movies. The insect moves slowly within the bloom, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife interaction in a natural setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123070640

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 1970s nature, ecology, and wildlife archive requests needing a brief macro-style 8mm insert of an insect moving inside a wild purple flower.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the 8mm color-film texture, saturated purple and green tones, and close handheld framing rather than identifiable built features.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational patience of home-movie nature filming, holding close on a small insect as it explores the flower without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple speckled flower, pale central throat, dark insect, unopened bud, green leaves, black background, soft focus, and 8mm frame texture.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, soft macro focus, saturated color, dark exposure around the bloom, and slight frame variation that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, natural-history insert, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within footage about Montana landscapes and small wildlife.
Historical context: As 1972 Holland Lake home-movie footage, it visually records attention to local plant and insect life without showing people, buildings, signage, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but species identification and separate copyright or licensing status should still be confirmed for use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1972 Montana 8mm insect on flower, Holland Lake wildflower close-up, vintage home movie nature footage, and purple flower wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then broader vintage 8mm nature, wildflower, and insect behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a dark insect inside a purple wildflower with a pale center, green leaves, and dark background. — A dark insect moves within the pale center of a purple speckled flower.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm close-up of a purple flower as a dark insect is partly obscured in the pale central throat. — The insect is partly hidden in shadow inside the flower's center.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm frame showing a dark insect lower in the center of a purple speckled wildflower, with leaves and a bud nearby. — The insect shifts lower inside the purple bloom while surrounding leaves fall out of focus.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm still of a dark insect silhouetted in a purple flower, with speckled petals, green leaves, and deep shadow behind. — The insect appears as a dark silhouette against the flower's pale center.

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