Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Yellow Wildflower in Close-Up

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

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Yellow Wildflower in Close-Up — Clip Details

A close-up of a large solitary yellow wildflower in full bloom, captured on 8mm film in 1975 at Agate Springs, Montana. The flower's bright petals contrast sharply against a deep purple, dreamlike background, creating a surreal and nostalgic visual. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and subtle camera movement, emphasizing the delicate beauty of the natural subject. The final frame shifts to a textured purple ground, suggesting a brief pan or cut to the surrounding wilderness. This vintage home movie clip evokes a sense of quiet wonder and timeless Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123076302

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 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: 1970s 8mm nature footage from Montana suited to documentary inserts, environmental cutaways, memory sequences, or rural Americana texture.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color palette, soft focus, and home-movie framing, with no buildings, clothing, vehicles, or signage to date the scene independently.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, lingering closely on a single wildflower before shifting briefly to the surrounding ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow wildflower, dark flower center, pale leaves or stems, blurred purple vegetation, film-frame borders, grain, and textured ground.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet nature insert, lyrical transition, seasonal cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a close observation of wild vegetation in the Agate Springs, Montana area, without visible people or built features to expand the context.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still review copyright status and confirm any botanical or location identification before publication.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Montana wildflower, vintage home movie nature close-up, yellow flower Super 8, and Agate Springs outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Agate Springs material, then broader Montana nature or vintage wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1975 8mm view of a solitary yellow wildflower at Agate Springs, Montana, with pale leaves and a purple-shifted background. — A single yellow wildflower fills the frame, surrounded by soft purple vegetation.

A yellow wildflower remains centered in the 1975 Agate Springs 8mm frame, with soft grain and deep purple color shift around it. — The flower stays nearly centered as the handheld 8mm shot holds on the bloom.

A close 8mm frame shows the yellow wildflower from a slightly shifted angle, with pale leaves crossing the purple-toned background. — A closer, slightly lower view emphasizes the flower petals and curved leaves.

The final 1975 8mm frame shifts down to purple-tinted ground texture, with only the lower edge of the prior flower scene visible above. — The shot drops or cuts to the surrounding ground, leaving the flower mostly out of view.

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