Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Medium-Sized Bird Grazing In The Woods

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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 medium-sized bird foraging in tall grass within the dense woods of Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The bird, likely a grouse or similar ground-dwelling species, moves cautiously through the underbrush, partially obscured by tree trunks and foliage. Sunlight filters through the canopy, creating dappled light on the green grass and the bird's mottled brown plumage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural color shifts typical of 1970s home movies, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife in a remote forest setting.

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: 123075232

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm wilderness wildlife footage for documentary cutaways, ecology sequences, or archival nature inserts set in Montana forest terrain.
Period detail: The footage may show 1970s amateur color 8mm characteristics, with no visible signage, clothing, vehicles, or landmarks to date the scene beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes wildlife from a cautious distance, giving the clip the unstaged value of a visitor or traveler quietly filming a bird in brush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mottled ground bird, tall grass, tree trunks, forest undergrowth, dappled sunlight, dark film borders, and a fallen branch or log.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and natural color shifts.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, a quiet transition within a wilderness sequence, or a memory beat in a travel or conservation story.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for recreational home-movie encounters with forest wildlife in the Scapegoat Wilderness area without making claims about species or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and location claims should be verified separately from copyright and footage licensing.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s 8mm Montana wilderness bird, vintage home movie forest wildlife, and grouse-like bird foraging in tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then broader 1970s forest wildlife or Montana nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Montana wilderness frame showing shaded tree trunks, tall grass, and a pale fallen branch on the forest floor. — Tree trunks and undergrowth frame the forest setting before the bird is clearly visible.

Mottled ground bird appears partly obscured by tall grass in the Scapegoat Wilderness forest setting. — A mottled bird stands low in the grass, partly concealed by brush and uneven light.

1973 8mm frame of a grouse-like bird moving through Montana forest grass near low evergreen foliage. — The bird moves through tall grass, its brown plumage blending with the forest floor.

The bird pauses in profile among grasses and low forest plants.

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