Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Small Fly Pollinates On A Small White Flower In

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

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Small Fly Pollinates On A Small White Flower In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a small fly feeding on delicate white wildflowers in Agate Springs, Montana. The footage shows close-up views of the insect pollinating the clustered blooms against a dry, earthy backdrop. The natural, unsteady camera work and warm color tones reflect classic Super 8 film aesthetics. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment of nature, perfect for documentaries, nature studies, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123077943

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm nature footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial uses needing a brief insect pollination cutaway from rural Montana.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, close macro framing, and dry wildflowers; the 1975 Agate Springs, Montana setting is supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged close observation of a small fly on wildflowers, filmed with patient handheld attention rather than controlled nature cinematography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include clustered white flower heads, a small dark fly, dry stems, earthy ground, soft background foliage, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm color, visible grain, soft focus shifts, uneven exposure, and contact-print borders that register as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, seasonal transition, rural memory beat, or macro cutaway between broader landscape or travel footage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a small ecological moment in a dry rural setting without showing people, buildings, signs, or identifiable cultural events.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any project-specific nature or location context.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm insect pollination, Montana wildflower close-up, vintage home movie fly on white flowers, and rural nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Agate Springs material, then similar 1970s 8mm wildflower or insect footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm frame from Agate Springs, Montana showing pale clustered wildflowers against dry ground, with no insect clearly visible. — Clustered white wildflowers stand against dry, earthy ground.

1975 Agate Springs 8mm close-up showing a small dark fly on clustered white wildflowers, with dry stems and soft earth tones behind it. — A small fly rests on a clustered white wildflower head.

1975 Agate Springs 8mm frame showing a small fly feeding on clustered white flowers, framed by stems and shallow-focus background detail. — The fly remains on the flower cluster during the close-up view.

1975 Agate Springs 8mm close-up of a white flower cluster as a small dark fly appears partly below the bloom near dry stems. — The insect drops partly below the white flower head near the end of the shot.

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