Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Flock Of Ducks Swimming In River

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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 serene scene at Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. A flock of ducks swims in a line across a calm, reflective river, their movement creating gentle ripples. The water shows distinct horizontal bands of color—purple and green—likely due to film degradation and lighting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a dark border, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This natural wildlife moment offers authentic, unscripted footage for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic 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: 123081815

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, education, or editorial sequences needing an understated river cutaway with ducks in a Montana wilderness setting.
Period detail: The visible period clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie texture, soft color response, and 1973 metadata rather than identifiable clothing, vehicles, buildings, or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of ducks moving across quiet water, framed from shore with no visible people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a line of ducks, calm river water, ripples, horizontal color bands, grassy banks, distant trees, film borders, and surface scratches.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld steadiness, dark frame edges, scratches, and purple-green color shifts that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm wildlife insert, nature transition, establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a wilderness or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small-scale view of recreational-era home-movie nature filming, focused on wildlife and water rather than human activity or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-use considerations should still be checked by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm ducks on river, Montana wilderness wildlife home movie, flock of ducks swimming, and vintage nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness material, then broader vintage wildlife and river cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1973 Montana wilderness footage, a small flock of ducks crosses a reflective river beneath a distant grassy bank and tree line. — A line of ducks moves across the river near a grassy shoreline.

A small flock of ducks appears mid-frame in 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage, crossing water marked by film color shifts and ripples. — Ducks continue across horizontally banded river water.

The flock remains grouped in a row on the river, with soft 8mm texture, muted colors, and a low grassy bank visible below. — The flock stays together while moving across the reflective river.

Near the end of the 1973 Montana clip, ducks pass across the lower river frame amid visible grain, scratches, and subdued color shifts. — Ducks cross the lower frame as ripples spread behind them.

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