Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Three Men Riding Horses Down A Hillside

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

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Three Men Riding Horses Down A Hillside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures three men riding horses across a grassy hillside in Agate Springs, Montana. The footage, marked by a distinct purple color cast and film grain, shows the riders moving through a natural landscape with tall grass, a large boulder, and evergreen trees in the background. One rider wears a light-colored hat, and the group travels at a leisurely pace, evoking a sense of rural adventure and Americana nostalgia. The handheld camera follows their movement, offering a candid glimpse into a past era.

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: 123075840

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 Montana or Western riding requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of horseback travel in open country.
Period detail: The riders' casual outdoor clothing, light cowboy hat, horses, and 8mm home-movie handling may show a mid-1970s recreational ranch or trail-riding outing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as the handheld camera follows riders moving slowly through grass rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three horseback riders, tall hillside grass, a large rock outcrop, evergreen trees, dark film-edge borders, and a purple color cast.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm archival texture with soft focus, visible grain, handheld movement, uneven exposure, and a pronounced purple shift.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, rural transition, Western memory beat, or cutaway within a sequence about horseback travel or Montana landscapes.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure or working-style horseback movement through a natural hillside setting without enough visual evidence to specify an event or ranch.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from location or personal rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s 8mm horseback riders, Montana hillside home movie, rural Western travel, cowboys on horses, and vintage trail riding footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Agate Springs or Montana clips, then broader 1970s horseback and rural Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm frame from Agate Springs, Montana, showing three men riding horses on a grassy slope beside a large rock and evergreens. — Three horseback riders cross a hillside near a large boulder and tree line.

A 1975 Montana home-movie frame shows riders on horseback crossing tall grass below a boulder and wooded slope. — The riders pass the rock outcrop while moving through tall grass.

In this 1975 Agate Springs frame, the handheld camera catches a rider partly leaving frame as another rider remains near the boulder. — A rider exits the left edge as the group continues down the grassy slope.

The final 1975 Montana frame shows a horseback rider near the center of a grassy hillside, with the rock outcrop and trees behind. — A horseback rider remains framed against the boulder and wooded hillside.

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