Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Persons Are Riding On The Horse

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

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Persons Are Riding On The Horse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures two riders on horseback traversing a grassy hillside in Agate Springs, Montana. The scene unfolds under a pale sky, with a large boulder and dense evergreen trees framing the landscape. The footage exhibits a distinct purple color cast and film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. One rider wears a light-colored hat, and both horses move steadily across the terrain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of rural life and outdoor recreation in the American West.

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: 123075827

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s editorial projects needing rural horseback riding, Western outdoor recreation, or home-movie views of Montana landscape.
Period detail: The 1975 8mm source and casual riding scene may show mid-1970s leisure travel or ranch-country recreation, with clothing details limited by distance and film softness.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as two riders move steadily across a grassy hillside while the camera observes from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two horseback riders, a large boulder, grassy hillside, evergreen trees, pale sky, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries a purple color cast, soft focus, visible grain, light instability, and handheld framing typical of aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for rural travel, horseback recreation, or American West family footage.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects outdoor riding in a rural mountain setting without supporting claims about a specific event, ranch, or named landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or clear private property are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s 8mm Montana horseback riding, vintage home movie riders, rural hillside horse footage, and American West recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Agate Springs or 1975 Montana clips, then broader horseback riding and rural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm Montana home-movie frame showing two distant riders on horseback near a large boulder and trees. — Two horseback riders cross a grassy hillside beside a large boulder.

Two riders on horseback move across a grassy Agate Springs hillside in soft purple-tinted 8mm footage. — Riders continue along the hillside with dense trees behind the boulder.

A light-hatted rider on horseback passes near a large boulder, with a second rider farther up the grassy slope. — One rider comes closer to the camera as the second rider remains near the trees.

End frame of two horseback riders crossing a Montana hillside, framed by a boulder, trees, and 8mm scan borders. — The riders separate slightly across the slope as the hillside and boulder fill the frame.

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