Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Insect Rests And Explores A Yellow Flower Then Mountain Lake

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

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Insect Rests And Explores A Yellow Flower Then Mountain Lake — Clip Details

An insect, likely a fly, rests and explores a vibrant yellow flower in a close-up shot from an 8mm home movie. The footage captures the delicate interaction between the insect and the flower's center, with visible film grain and warm color tones characteristic of vintage 1975 Super 8 film. The scene transitions to a wide landscape view of a mountain lake in Agate Springs, Montana, showing rocky shores, evergreen trees, and patches of lingering snow under a partly cloudy sky. A lone figure stands near the water's edge, emphasizing the remote wilderness setting. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of nature and outdoor life from the mid-1970s, 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: 123077988

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 archival requests needing nature close-ups, mountain-lake wilderness views, or home-movie outdoor travel material from Montana.
Period detail: The clip may show 1975-era 8mm vacation filming through its close flower study, handheld lake views, saturated color, and casual outdoor framing.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged observer's attention, moving from a small insect on a flower to a scenic lakeshore with a distant person near the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow flower, a small insect, a mountain lake, rocky shore, evergreen trees, lingering snow, clouds, and a lone figure.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, a transition from macro detail to landscape, or a brief memory beat within a 1970s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The images reflect recreational wilderness looking and amateur nature observation, without enough visible evidence to identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1975 8mm Montana home movie, insect on yellow flower, mountain lake with snow, rocky alpine shoreline, and vintage wilderness footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Agate Springs or Montana 1975 material, then broader 1970s mountain-lake and nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up from 1975-era 8mm footage showing a small insect resting on a yellow flower, with soft focus and visible film texture. — A small insect rests near the center of a yellow flower.

Wide 8mm view of a Montana mountain lake area with rocky shoreline, evergreens, snow patches, and clouds overhead. — Rocky lakeshore and evergreens line a mountain lake beneath a cloudy sky.

1975 8mm home-movie frame of a mountain lake with pale rocks, lingering snow, evergreen trees, and a partly cloudy sky. — A handheld lake view shows rocks, snow patches, trees, and cloud cover.

Montana lakeshore scene from 1975 8mm footage, with rocks, snow patches, evergreens, clouds, and one distant figure near the water. — A lone figure stands near a snowy, rocky mountain lakeshore.

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