Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: The Purple Flower Gently Swaying In

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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 delicate purple wildflower sways gently in the breeze within the dense green undergrowth of Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures the natural beauty of the American West with authentic film grain and subtle color shifts. The flower's slender stem moves rhythmically against a backdrop of ferns and forest foliage, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and untouched wilderness. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, and historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123075089

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 1970s 8mm nature footage for productions needing a quiet archival cutaway of Montana wilderness vegetation in motion.
Period detail: The frames show a close home-movie view of a purple wildflower and forest undergrowth, with era indicated by the 1973 8mm source metadata rather than visible dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or amateur naturalist pausing on a single plant rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple wildflower, pale flower stalk, green leaves, dark forest floor, soft background foliage, and black contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus changes, slight exposure variation, and color shifts that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief nature insert, reflective transition, or memory beat within a wilderness, travel, or environmental sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a small flowering plant within dense Montana wilderness undergrowth without showing people, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location context, and any botanical identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 8mm Montana wilderness wildflower footage, vintage home-movie nature cutaway, and purple flower swaying in forest undergrowth.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then broader 1970s Montana nature or wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm Montana wilderness frame showing a purple wildflower against dense green foliage and dark forest ground. — A purple wildflower rises from the shaded undergrowth.

Close 8mm view of the purple wildflower in Scapegoat Wilderness, with soft green plants filling the background. — The flower appears slightly shifted in the breeze against soft foliage.

1973 home-movie frame of a purple wildflower swaying in Montana forest undergrowth, with soft focus and visible film grain. — The flower bends within a shallow-focus patch of woodland vegetation.

Final 8mm frame showing the purple wildflower close to camera, surrounded by dense Montana wilderness foliage. — A close view catches the blossoms and pale stalk amid green undergrowth.

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