Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: A Bee Is Flying Away From A Cotton Plant Then

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

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A Bee Is Flying Away From A Cotton Plant Then — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of a bee flying away from a cotton-like white flower in Agate Springs, Montana. The footage shows the delicate texture of the fluffy white blooms and their yellow centers, with a second scene featuring bright yellow buttercups growing in dry grass. The natural, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 film includes visible grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of nature footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123077955

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 for documentary or editorial cutaways needing close-up wildflowers, a bee, and dry-grass meadow detail from Montana home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show physical 8mm-era color, soft macro focus, and handheld framing rather than specific dated objects, with the 1975 Montana setting supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational value of a home-movie camera lingering on small outdoor details, following a bee and nearby flowers without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white cotton-like flower heads, a small bee, upright stems, dry grass, yellow buttercup-like flowers, green leaves, soft background earth, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, slight exposure variation, soft focus, dust marks, and contact-frame edges that help identify it as scanned physical 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, seasonal transition, rural memory beat, or visual bridge between broader Montana landscape or home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents a casual 1970s home-movie view of plants and insects in a dry outdoor setting, without visible people, structures, signs, or landmarks.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, plant or location identification, and project-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1975 8mm Montana wildflowers, vintage home movie bee on flower, Agate Springs nature cutaway, and 1970s dry grass meadow flowers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Agate Springs or Montana material, then broader vintage wildflower, insect, and rural nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Montana 8mm frame showing a bee near a white cotton-like flower head with stems and muted earth tones behind it. — A bee rests near a white flower head in a soft-focus close-up.

Close-up 8mm frame from Agate Springs showing a white cotton-like bloom and vertical stems in shallow focus. — A white flower head fills the foreground as stems pass through the frame.

1975 8mm close-up of a white cotton-like flower head with visible film dust, scratches, and soft outdoor background. — A dust-marked film frame shows the white bloom and surrounding stems.

1975 Montana 8mm frame showing bright yellow buttercup-like flowers scattered through dry grass and low green leaves. — Yellow flowers appear among dry grass and low green foliage.

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