Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: The Tall Pines On The Hillside By A Lake

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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 serene lakeside landscape in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Tall evergreen pines line the shore of a calm blue lake, with a forested hillside and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. A dirt path winds along the water's edge, with scattered fallen logs on the grassy bank. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-1970s American wilderness exploration.

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: 123074131

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: 1970s 8mm wilderness landscape footage suited for documentary inserts, nature-history sequences, travel memory beats, or Montana outdoor recreation context.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1973 amateur travel view, with visible clues limited to the small-gauge color film look, handheld framing, and undeveloped lakeshore setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on a quiet scenic overlook, suggesting a visitor recording a personal memory of a lake, pine forest, and surrounding mountains rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, tall evergreen pines, a forested hillside, distant mountains, a pale sky, fallen logs, and a rough shoreline path.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and slight exposure unevenness across the contact frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, natural transition, reflective cutaway, or quiet memory beat for wilderness travel and landscape sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a visitor-level view of protected Montana backcountry scenery in the 1970s without showing people, vehicles, buildings, signage, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any land-management permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 8mm Montana wilderness lake, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, vintage pine forest landscape, and 1970s mountain lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana footage, then broader vintage mountain lake and pine forest material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view of Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, showing a calm lake, evergreen shoreline, hillside forest, and distant mountains. — Tall pines line a quiet mountain lake beneath a pale sky.

1973 Montana wilderness frame with a blue lake at right, dense pines along the shore, and a mountain ridge in the background. — A blue lake curves beside dense pine forest and distant hills.

8mm home-movie frame from Scapegoat Wilderness showing pines on a hillside, a calm lake edge, fallen logs, and distant mountains. — A rough lakeside path runs below tall evergreens and mountain slopes.

1973 8mm Montana landscape frame showing a lake bordered by dense pines, a grassy shoreline, and distant mountain slopes. — Dense pines and mountain slopes frame the still lake surface.

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