Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Retired Mr Ed Says Goodbye To Showtime For Good

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationAgate Springs, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 Agate Springs Montana

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Retired Mr Ed Says Goodbye To Showtime For Good — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a man in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt standing beside a saddled horse in a wooded area. Other horses are visible in the background, suggesting a ranch or trail setting. The footage has a distinct purple and green color cast typical of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and soft focus. The final frame shows a green title card with the handwritten text 'Ed leaves,' confirming the emotional farewell. This nostalgic clip evokes a sense of rural life and the end of an era.

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: 123075637

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 1768 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: july
Reel-level year note: 1975
Reel-level location note: agate springs,montana
Date: 1975 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: Agate Springs, 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 rural Americana edits needing a brief home-movie farewell with a saddled horse, cowboy-clad men, and a handwritten title card.
Period detail: The cowboy hats, plaid shirt, saddled horses, and 8mm home-movie color help place the scene within a mid-1970s ranch or trail-riding context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an informal goodbye as men stand close to a saddled horse, giving the moment the quiet feel of a family-recorded departure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include saddled horses, two adult men in cowboy hats, trees, a grassy clearing, reins, a plaid shirt, and a green title card reading Ed leaves.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, handheld framing, blown highlights, and a purple-green color shift consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, rural-life cutaway, farewell insert, or transition from horse activity to a written title card.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational or ranch-adjacent horse handling in Montana home-movie footage without establishing a specific public event.
Research note: Adult people are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1975 8mm Montana horse farewell, vintage cowboy home movie, saddled horse in woods, or Ed leaves title card may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1975 Agate Springs Montana footage, then broader 1970s rural horse and cowboy home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Agate Springs, Montana home-movie frame showing an adult man in a cowboy hat beside a saddled horse with other horses behind him. — A man stands with a saddled horse near trees as other horses wait in the background.

1975 Montana home-movie frame with a cowboy-hatted adult standing close to a saddled horse in a wooded outdoor setting. — The man faces the horse near the edge of a wooded clearing.

Close 1975 Agate Springs frame showing two adult men in cowboy hats near a saddled horse, with trees behind them. — Two men gather beside the horse in a close, handheld home-movie view.

Green 8mm title card with handwritten text reading Ed leaves, following the Montana horse farewell footage. — A green title card marks the farewell with the words Ed leaves.

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