Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: Squirrel Crawling On Fallen Log In Forest

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

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Squirrel Crawling On Fallen Log In Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a squirrel in the wild at Holland Lake, Montana. The footage shows the small animal crawling along a fallen log in a forested area, surrounded by trees and underbrush. The image has a distinct purple color cast and heavy film grain, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains mostly static, focusing on the squirrel's natural behavior in its habitat. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s wildlife observation and amateur filmmaking.

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: 123071373

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 wildlife, Montana travel, or home-movie nature cutaways needing brief 8mm footage of a squirrel in a forest setting.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era home-movie texture and a strong purple color cast, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or built details to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a small squirrel from a quiet, mostly static amateur viewpoint as it moves near or along a fallen log in the woods.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a squirrel, fallen log, tree trunk, exposed roots, evergreen branches, forest floor, underbrush, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, purple color shift, and contact-print framing that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, nature-memory beat, or transition within a 1970s home-movie or Montana outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual amateur wildlife observation at Holland Lake, with the squirrel filmed as part of a natural forest scene rather than a staged subject.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Research matches include 1972 Holland Lake Montana squirrel footage, 8mm forest wildlife home movie, vintage squirrel on log, and 1970s amateur nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake or Montana footage, then broader 1970s wildlife and forest home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Purple-shifted 1972 8mm frame from Holland Lake showing indistinct forest branches and undergrowth with no clear animal visible. — Soft, purple-tinted forest detail appears within the 8mm film frame.

Purple-shifted 1972 8mm frame from Holland Lake showing blurred forest floor and branches with the subject not clearly resolved. — Blurred forest texture and branches fill the frame before the squirrel becomes clear.

A squirrel appears on a fallen log in the Holland Lake forest, surrounded by exposed roots, branches, evergreen foliage, and grainy 1972 8mm color. — A squirrel moves along a fallen log in the forest understory.

A squirrel remains near the fallen log in the Holland Lake woods, framed by roots, brush, dark film borders, and soft purple 8mm grain. — The squirrel stays low near the log, partly framed by roots and evergreen brush.

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