Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Hikers Walking Through Forest With Fallen Trees

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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 quiet hike through Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana. Two hikers, one with a bright orange backpack, walk along a narrow trail through a dense forest of tall evergreens. The scene is filled with fallen logs and natural debris, suggesting a rugged, untouched landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a slightly overexposed sky filtering through the trees. The camera follows the hikers as they move deeper into the woods, offering a nostalgic glimpse of outdoor recreation from the early 1970s.

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: 123075345

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival sequences about wilderness hiking, public-land recreation, or quiet outdoor travel in the American West.
Period detail: The hikers' simple trail clothing, external-style pack shape, and 8mm home-movie color may show early 1970s recreational hiking culture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes hikers moving ahead on a narrow forest trail, giving the clip an unstaged companion-on-the-walk perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two hikers, an orange backpack, a narrow dirt trail, tall evergreen trunks, fallen logs, saplings, and filtered daylight.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, handheld framing, cool forest color, and bright sky exposure typical of small-gauge home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for entering a remote forest or recalling a 1970s hiking trip.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational movement through a wooded wilderness landscape without showing signage, buildings, vehicles, or formal trail infrastructure.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Searches for 1973 8mm Montana wilderness hiking, Scapegoat Wilderness forest trail, or vintage home movie hikers in fallen timber may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel hiking footage, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana clips, then broader vintage forest recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two hikers in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, walk away through a dense 1973 forest trail, one carrying a bright orange backpack. — Hikers move along a wooded trail through fallen timber.

Scapegoat Wilderness forest view with tall trees, young evergreens, fallen timber, and no hikers clearly visible in this frame. — The trail corridor continues through dense trees and downed logs.

A 1973 Montana wilderness trail passes through dense evergreen forest with fallen logs and soft 8mm color. — A quiet forest trail runs through downed timber.

Sunlight reaches a Montana wilderness forest floor with tall trunks, scattered fallen logs, and green undergrowth in 8mm footage. — Sunlight opens onto a wooded area filled with fallen logs.

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