Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Honey Bee Pollinating Purple Wildflowers

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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 honey bee pollinating vibrant purple wildflowers in a sun-dappled meadow at Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. The footage shows close-ups of the bee moving between blossoms, with lush green foliage and natural light creating a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of Super 8 film from the era, offering authentic archival footage of nature in the American West.

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: 123081877

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: Useful 1970s 8mm nature footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of wildflowers and pollination in Montana wilderness.
Period detail: The frames mainly show close natural details, with era suggested by 1973 8mm color film grain, soft focus, and saturated greens rather than visible human-made clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a patient home-movie nature-study perspective, lingering close to meadow flowers rather than staging action or presenting a formal wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple wildflowers, yellow flower centers, green leaves, meadow grasses, dark film borders, soft background foliage, and a bright pale plant stem.
Film character: The footage carries an 8mm texture with visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, saturated color, and contact-frame borders that reinforce its original film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, seasonal transition, ecological cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1970s outdoor or Montana sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a small meadow detail in the American West, emphasizing wildflowers and plant life rather than built environment or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use requirements separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 8mm Montana wildflowers, Scapegoat Wilderness meadow, bee pollination home movie, and vintage nature footage American West.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana material, then broader 1970s wildflower and pollination footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame from Scapegoat Wilderness showing purple wildflowers clustered among green meadow foliage. — Purple wildflowers fill the close foreground in a meadow setting.

Close 8mm view of a purple wildflower beside broad green leaves in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. — A purple blossom stands near broad leaves and muted meadow growth.

1973 Montana 8mm frame showing purple wildflowers and green leaves within visible dark film borders. — Purple blossoms and green leaves sit close to the camera within the film frame.

Soft 8mm frame from Scapegoat Wilderness with a bright pale plant stem against green meadow foliage. — A pale plant stem catches light against a soft green meadow background.

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