Idaho USA-1972: Lake And Mountains In Nature

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Idaho

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Lake And Mountains In Nature — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene natural landscape in Idaho. The footage features a calm lake reflecting surrounding evergreen trees and rugged mountains under a soft, purplish sky. The color palette is distinctly vintage, with a strong purple and blue cast typical of 1970s film stock. The camera remains mostly static, offering a peaceful view of the wilderness, with subtle movement suggesting a handheld recording. The dark frame edges indicate the footage was captured through a viewfinder, enhancing its authentic, personal feel. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123081052

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Idaho, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1972 Idaho 8mm home-movie landscape footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial requests needing a quiet wilderness lake and mountain view.
Period detail: The scene may show a 1970s amateur travel record, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or other date-specific details beyond the supplied 1972 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds on a scenic lake from a visitor or family-travel viewpoint, valuing the unposed pause of looking across water toward mountains.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, mountain ridge, evergreen trees, shoreline grasses, reflected water, dark film gate edges, and a pale purplish sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, purplish-blue color shift, slight exposure falloff at the edges, and small handheld variations that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s travel or regional history sequence.
Historical context: The frames document a rural or wilderness leisure view in Idaho, emphasizing landscape observation rather than identifiable people, infrastructure, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be verified separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1972 Idaho lake mountains 8mm, vintage home movie wilderness lake, 1970s mountain landscape footage, and Super 8 nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho or 1972 nature views, then broader 1970s lake, mountain, forest, and travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm view of a still lake reflecting trees and mountains under a pale purplish sky. — A quiet lake and mountain ridge seen through dark 8mm frame edges.

Static 1972 Idaho home-movie frame showing a lake bordered by evergreens and a broad mountain slope. — Evergreens frame a calm lake with mountains beyond.

1972 Idaho 8mm landscape frame with foreground grass, reflective lake water, trees, and distant mountains. — Foreground grass leads into reflective lake water and a wooded mountain view.

Final 1972 Idaho 8mm frame holds on lake water, trees, and a mountain ridge with vintage color cast. — The shot remains on the lake, trees, and mountains with a strong vintage color cast.

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