Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Bird Foraging in Forest Grass

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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 wild bird foraging in the dense undergrowth of Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The bird, with dark feathers, moves cautiously through tall grass and among tree trunks, partially obscured by foliage. A fallen log lies in the background, adding to the natural, untamed setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic wildlife moment offers a glimpse into the region's natural history, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123075216

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 wildlife documentary requests needing a brief 8mm forest cutaway from Montana.
Period detail: The frame may show 1973 amateur nature footage, with era clues mainly in the 8mm scan texture rather than visible clothing, vehicles, or built objects.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged observer's view of a bird moving through dense forest grass, partly hidden by trunks and foliage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall grass, tree trunks, dark understory, a pale fallen log, soft foliage, and a small dark bird shape partly obscured near the ground.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet wildlife insert, wilderness transition, or brief memory beat within a nature or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for a forested Montana wilderness setting without showing roads, buildings, visitors, or managed recreation facilities.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but wildlife species identification and copyright status should be confirmed before final use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 8mm Montana wilderness bird footage, Scapegoat Wilderness forest undergrowth, and vintage home-movie wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then broader Montana forest or vintage wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame from Scapegoat Wilderness showing dense grass, tree trunks, and a pale fallen log in shadowed forest. — Dense forest undergrowth with trunks and a fallen log behind the grass.

Soft 8mm view of Montana forest undergrowth, with grass, trunks, and a pale diagonal fallen log in the background. — Shadowed forest floor with grass, tree trunks, and a diagonal fallen log.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness 8mm frame with a dark bird-like shape partly obscured by grass and forest trunks. — A dark bird-like form is partly concealed in the grass between tree trunks.

Soft 8mm Montana wilderness frame showing forest grass, several trunks, and a mostly hidden dark bird near the understory. — The bird remains mostly hidden in the forest grass below the trunks.

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