Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Beaver Swimming In Pond

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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

A beaver swims through a calm pond in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, captured on 8mm film in 1973. The animal moves steadily across the water, its head and back visible above the surface, surrounded by still reflections of tall trees. The scene is framed by natural foliage and a log structure at the water's edge, with soft green and brown tones and the characteristic grain and slight blurriness of vintage home movie footage. The quiet, natural moment evokes a sense of peaceful wilderness observation.

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: 123074185

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 wildlife footage for documentary or educational edits needing a quiet beaver-in-pond cutaway from Montana wilderness.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and home-movie framing, which support the supplied 1973 wilderness context without showing built era markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of a beaver moving through still water from a cautious distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a beaver, calm pond water, tree reflections, shoreline grasses, floating logs, brush, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm texture with visible grain, muted green-brown color, slight blur, and uneven exposure at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, environmental cutaway, or quiet transition within a wilderness, conservation, or memory sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a small wildlife moment in the Scapegoat Wilderness area as represented by the supplied metadata, with no visible people or structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm Montana wilderness beaver, vintage home movie pond wildlife, and Scapegoat Wilderness nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana footage, and then with other vintage wildlife pond scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A beaver moves across still pond water in 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage, with logs, brush, and reflected trees around it. — Beaver moving through a reflective pond near shoreline logs.

The beaver remains partly above the water in the Montana wilderness pond, surrounded by reflected trees and low shoreline vegetation. — Beaver swimming past brush and logs in still water.

A small beaver shape crosses the reflective pond surface, with shoreline logs and vegetation visible in the 1973 8mm frame. — Beaver crossing a quiet pond with trees reflected in the water.

The beaver appears near the right shoreline vegetation in the Scapegoat Wilderness pond, with logs and reflected trees across the water. — Beaver nearing shoreline grasses at the edge of the pond.

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