Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Mountain Vista With Dead Trees In Foreground

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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 haunting mountain vista in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The footage features a prominent dead tree in the foreground, its gnarled branches stark against a purple-tinged sky. Distant mountains stretch across the horizon, with sparse vegetation dotting the rugged terrain. A lone hiker in a light-colored hat walks along a slope, adding a sense of scale and human presence. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and edge damage, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123074687

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm wilderness vista footage for productions needing a brief archival landscape insert with a human hiker for scale.
Period detail: The 1973 date is supported by metadata, while the visible clues are natural terrain, casual hiking clothing, and home-movie color typical of small-gauge travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, pausing on dead trees and distant ridges before catching a lone hiker moving through the slope.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include gnarled dead wood, scrub vegetation, purple mountain ridges, cloudy sky, rough hillside, and a small hiker in a light hat.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, grain, gate edges, color shift toward purple, and light scratches that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wilderness cutaway, memory beat, travel transition, or establishing insert before or after hiking material.
Historical context: The footage documents a 1970s recreational view of Montana wilderness terrain without making claims about specific trails, peaks, or events.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and location-use questions should be reviewed separately despite no visible logos or private property.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Montana wilderness vista, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, dead tree mountain view, and vintage hiking landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel hiking or landscape shots, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then broader vintage mountain and dead-tree wilderness footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, with dead tree branches foregrounding purple-toned mountain ridges. — Dead branches frame a distant mountain vista in purple-shifted 8mm footage.

Scapegoat Wilderness landscape with a bleached dead tree in the foreground and hazy mountain ridges beyond. — A dead tree stands against layered wilderness ridges and scrub vegetation.

A distant hiker in casual clothing moves through a dark hillside in 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage. — A lone hiker gives scale to the open mountain slope.

Purple-toned 8mm landscape of a broad Montana ridge, cloudy sky, and sparse foreground vegetation. — The shot settles on an open ridge and cloudy sky without the hiker in view.

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