Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Little Fish Swimming Through Clear Water

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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 small silver fish swimming through clear freshwater over a rocky lake bed. The footage, filmed at Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana, shows the fish gliding past scattered sticks and debris beneath the surface. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is calm and observational, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in a pristine natural setting.

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: 123074328

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: Useful for 1970s wilderness or freshwater ecology sequences needing a quiet 8mm wildlife cutaway from Montana.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie texture, muted color, and simple observational framing, with the 1973 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a small fish from above the water without staging, giving the clip a casual field-record quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small silver fish, clear shallow water, a rocky lake bed, submerged sticks, scattered debris, soft surface glare, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, exposure variation, and small dust or scratch marks consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, reflective transition, environmental cutaway, or brief memory beat within a wilderness sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a calm freshwater scene in Scapegoat Wilderness, with wildlife and lake-bed details presented from a visitor or amateur naturalist viewpoint.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1970s 8mm Montana wilderness fish, clear freshwater lake bed, home movie wildlife footage, and Scapegoat Wilderness nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage, then Montana freshwater or amateur wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame from Scapegoat Wilderness showing a small fish in clear water above rocks, twigs, and soft surface glare. — A small fish moves through clear shallow water over a rocky lake bed.

1973 Montana wilderness frame with a small fish crossing a shallow, rocky lake bed beneath rippled clear water. — The fish glides across the upper part of the frame above scattered lake-bed debris.

Soft 8mm view of the Scapegoat Wilderness lake bed, with submerged sticks and a faint fish shape in clear water. — Rocks and submerged sticks fill the shallow-water view as the fish becomes less distinct.

1973 8mm frame from Montana showing a small fish near twigs and stones beneath a calm clear-water surface. — A small fish remains visible near sticks and stones on the lake bed.

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