Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Bird Flying Over Shallow 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

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a bird soaring over a shallow pond in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The footage shows clear water revealing the sandy bottom and scattered twigs, with green vegetation along the edge. A small bird flies across the frame against a pale blue sky, its motion slightly blurred. The film exhibits natural grain, scratches, and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123074332

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 nature footage for editors needing a brief bird-and-pond cutaway from Montana archival home movies.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or dated objects, so the 1973 period attribution comes from clip metadata rather than visible era markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged outdoor observer's perspective, lingering on shallow water and a passing bird without scripted action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shallow clear pond, submerged branches, grassy shoreline, pale blue sky, a small flying bird, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, gate edges, minor scratches, soft focus, and muted color that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, quiet transition, or memory beat between broader wilderness or travel scenes.
Historical context: The view documents a lightly observed wilderness water scene in Montana, emphasizing pond habitat and bird movement rather than human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed by production counsel.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Montana wilderness pond, bird flying over shallow water, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage, then broader vintage pond, bird, and mountain-wilderness material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm Montana wilderness footage showing a shallow pond, visible sandy bottom, submerged branches, and grass along the far edge. — Shallow pond water reveals branches beneath the surface near a grassy shoreline.

Scapegoat Wilderness pond view with clear water, submerged twigs, green shoreline, and a dark vertical frame border through the center. — Clear pond water and underwater branches appear beside a dark film-frame divider.

Small bird crosses a pale blue sky in soft motion blur beneath the upper pond portion of the 8mm contact frame. — A small bird flies through the lower frame against open sky.

A small bird appears mid-flight against pale sky in 1973 Montana wilderness footage, with visible 8mm grain and frame borders. — The bird continues across the sky, slightly blurred by motion and film softness.

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