Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Geese Swimming In The Lake Enjoying

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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 a line of geese swimming in a calm lake within Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows the birds gliding in formation across the water, with grassy banks and distant trees lining the shore. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This natural wildlife moment offers authentic, unscripted footage of animals in their habitat, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123081811

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 wilderness wildlife footage for documentary inserts, natural-history context, or archival travel sequences needing geese on a quiet Montana lake.
Period detail: The visible clues are mostly the 8mm home-movie frame, soft color, and film wear rather than dated objects, so the 1973 period comes from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, visitor-shot feel of someone filming wildlife from a fixed shore position without staging or close intervention.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a line of geese, rippled lake water, grassy banks, distant trees, dark film-frame borders, and light vertical scratches.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure softness, gate edges, and hairline scratches that give the footage physical archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm wildlife cutaway, a wilderness transition, or a brief memory beat within a 1970s outdoor travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational home-movie observation of wildlife in a remote Montana wilderness setting, with no people or built structures visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm Montana wilderness lake geese, home movie wildlife birds swimming, and Scapegoat Wilderness archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana lake footage, then broader 1970s wildlife and waterbird clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm Montana wilderness frame showing geese in a low line across calm lake water near a grassy bank. — Geese move across the lake in a narrow formation, with grass and distant trees along the shoreline.

1973 Scapegoat Wilderness lake view with geese gliding across the water and a grassy Montana shoreline beyond. — The birds remain in formation on the lake, framed by dark film edges and a muted shoreline.

8mm 1973 Montana lake footage showing geese crossing mid-frame, with foreground grass and distant trees visible. — A low, steady view keeps the geese centered as they pass across the lake surface.

Scapegoat Wilderness home-movie frame from 1973 showing geese on a calm lake with muted banks and trees beyond. — The closing frame shows the geese still moving across open water beneath the dark 8mm frame edge.

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