Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Black Butterflies Resting on Pebbled Ground

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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 close-up view of a rocky, pebbled ground in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Small black butterflies rest among the stones, their wings closed, blending into the earthy tones of the natural landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a remote wilderness setting. This archival clip is ideal for nature documentaries, historical montages, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123075070

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 documentary cutaways, environmental sequences, or quiet archival inserts of insects in a Montana backcountry setting.
Period detail: The frames show no datable human objects, so the 1973 period is supported by clip metadata rather than visible costume, vehicles, signage, or built surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close to the ground in an observational home-movie manner, noticing small butterflies among stones rather than staging a wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pebbled ground, small dark butterflies, scattered stones, dry leaf fragments, twigs, muted earth tones, and handheld framing shifts.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and frame jitter that read as physical-film texture from a short outdoor home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, transition detail, or quiet memory beat within wilderness travel, ecology, or amateur natural-history material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a close ground-level encounter with small insects in the Scapegoat Wilderness area without showing people, facilities, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but rights review should still distinguish footage copyright from any broader habitat, location, or species-identification claims.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm Montana wilderness butterflies, Scapegoat Wilderness pebbled ground, vintage home movie insects, and black butterflies on rocks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then with 1970s amateur nature and insect cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Montana wilderness 8mm frame showing a small dark butterfly resting among pebbles, stones, and dry natural debris. — A small dark butterfly rests on pebbled ground in the wilderness setting.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness frame with pebbled terrain, scattered rocks, dry leaves, and small dark butterfly shapes near the ground. — Pebbles, stones, and dark butterfly shapes fill the close ground-level view.

Blurred 8mm frame from the 1973 Montana wilderness clip, showing pebbled ground and dark butterfly shapes during camera movement. — Camera movement blurs the pebbled ground and small dark forms.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness 8mm frame showing a small dark butterfly resting on rocky pebbled ground amid dry natural debris. — A dark butterfly rests low among stones and dry fragments on the ground.

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