Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Donkeys Standing in an Open Plain

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationScapegoat Wilderness, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Scapegoat Wilderness Montana

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Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Two donkeys stand silhouetted in an open plain under a vast, overcast sky, with distant mountains forming a purple horizon. The footage shows natural film grain, vertical scratches, and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The donkeys remain mostly still, with subtle movements as they stand in the expansive, rural landscape. This archival clip evokes a sense of isolation and nostalgia, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or creative projects exploring American wilderness and rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123073158

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 1764 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-09,scapegoat
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: lincoln nebraska,montana
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1973 8mm wilderness footage suited to requests for quiet rural animal cutaways, open Montana landscapes, and period home-movie views of the American West.
Period detail: The frame may show a 1970s visitor-shot view, with no visible modern structures, vehicles, signage, or clothing to date the scene beyond the supplied 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on still donkeys in a broad plain, preserving an unstaged pause rather than a directed wildlife or ranching scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted donkeys, open grassland, a low mountain horizon, heavy cloud cover, dark frame borders, and faint distant shapes near the horizon.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, muted color, visible grain, vertical scratches, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, transition, or memory beat for wilderness travel, rural isolation, or animal presence in a wide landscape.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale home-movie record of animals standing in open land within the Scapegoat Wilderness area, without showing people or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and confirm location context for their intended use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1973 Montana 8mm donkeys, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, rural animals on open plain, and vintage western landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness views, then related rural animal or open-sky Montana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm home-movie frame from Scapegoat Wilderness showing two donkeys silhouetted on open Montana grassland below a clouded sky. — Two donkeys stand apart on a wide plain with mountains low on the horizon.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness frame showing a small group of donkeys in open Montana land under an overcast sky. — A small group of donkeys stands across the plain under heavy clouds.

Wide 1973 8mm view of donkeys scattered across Scapegoat Wilderness grassland, with mountains and layered clouds behind them. — The animals become small figures within a broad Montana landscape.

Final 1973 8mm frame of donkeys standing in the Scapegoat Wilderness plain, framed by a low mountain horizon and expansive cloud cover. — Donkeys stand near the horizon line as the cloudy sky dominates the frame.

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