Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Angry Water Racing Down The Side Of A Waterfall

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

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Angry Water Racing Down The Side Of A Waterfall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a powerful waterfall cascading down dark, layered rock formations at Holland Lake, Montana. The rushing water creates a dynamic, frothy white torrent, with mist and spray visible against the shadowed canyon walls. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color tones, evoking a nostalgic, naturalistic feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the raw energy of the water as it crashes into the pool below, offering a timeless glimpse of American wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123070933

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 for documentaries or educational edits needing a short waterfall insert from Holland Lake, Montana.
Period detail: The frames show no dated signs or people, so the 1972 period context comes from the supplied film metadata rather than visible era markers.
Home-movie behavior: The steady visitor-shot framing holds close on the rushing falls, preserving an unstaged view of water moving over dark rock.
What appears in frame: Visible details include white falling water, dark layered rock, foamy spray, a churning pool, shadowed edges, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft contrast, muted color, and slight exposure variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, sound bridge, travel transition, or memory beat within a wilderness or lake sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a recreational view of Montana landscape in the early 1970s without visible visitors, signage, or built structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright and location-use questions still require normal review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1972 8mm Holland Lake waterfall, Montana home movie waterfall, vintage wilderness water, and dark rock cascade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana footage, then broader waterfall, hiking, and wilderness clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame from Holland Lake, Montana, showing white water cascading over dark layered rock. — Water drops over shadowed rock and breaks into white foam below.

1972 Holland Lake 8mm still with rushing water sliding past a dark rock formation into foam. — A close section of the cascade rushes beside a dark rock wall.

1972 8mm Holland Lake waterfall detail, with fast water blurred against dark rock and foam below. — Fast-moving water fills the frame beside a dark rock edge.

1972 Holland Lake home-movie still showing the cascade crashing into a frothy pool by dark rock. — The waterfall breaks into a bright frothy pool at the base.

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