Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Beavers Swimming In River Behind Bushes

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationScapegoat Wilderness, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Scapegoat Wilderness Montana

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Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures beavers swimming in a calm river at Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The grainy, slightly blurred footage shows the animals gliding through the water, their heads and backs visible above the surface as they move past green vegetation. The natural, unscripted scene evokes a sense of quiet wildlife observation, with the characteristic film grain and soft focus of a classic Super 8 home movie. Ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content about American wilderness.

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: 123081224

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 1764 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-09,scapegoat
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: lincoln nebraska,montana
Date: 1973 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: Scapegoat Wilderness, 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 wildlife footage for documentary or educational projects needing a brief, observational river cutaway of beavers in a Montana wilderness setting.
Period detail: The frames show soft-focus 8mm color footage with no visible built environment, so the 1973 period is supported by metadata rather than visible date clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind shoreline vegetation, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie perspective of wildlife seen at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include beavers swimming, rippled river water, green bankside plants, soft focus, dark contact-sheet borders, and film dust marks.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, slight blur, muted color, and minor dust that preserve the feel of original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, nature transition, wilderness cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1970s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents casual wildlife observation in a remote Montana landscape, without visible people, buildings, roads, signs, or modern identifiers.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any wildlife or location-use requirements for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm beaver footage, Montana wilderness wildlife, river animal home movie, and Scapegoat Wilderness nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana clips, then broader 1970s river and wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Montana 8mm frame showing a beaver moving through calm river water, partly obscured by bankside vegetation. — A beaver swims through the river behind blurred green shoreline growth.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage frame with a beaver visible at a distance on rippled water behind green plants. — The beaver appears farther back on the river, partially screened by vegetation.

Soft 8mm frame from Montana showing a beaver swimming near shoreline vegetation in calm river water. — A blurred beaver passes near the lower edge of the riverbank vegetation.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness 8mm frame showing a beaver at the water surface with green brush in the foreground. — A beaver surfaces near the right side of the river, partly hidden by brush.

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