Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: Scenery Of Mountains In The

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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 view of Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana, USA. The footage, framed by a dark window edge, shows a calm lake surrounded by dense evergreen forests and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. Small red boats drift on the water, adding a touch of color to the natural landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and slight color fading, enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic slice of 1970s Americana is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123082008

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 Montana wilderness lake scenery for documentary inserts, travel-history edits, environmental context, or reflective home-movie sequences.
Period detail: The 1973 source date is supported by metadata, while the visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and small recreational boats on a forested mountain lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the lake and distant tree line from a fixed or lightly handheld position without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mountain lake, evergreen forest, distant ridges, cloudy sky, dark film or window edges, shoreline grass, and small red boats.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, gate edges, scratches, muted color, and uneven exposure that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a quiet scenic cutaway, location-establishing insert, transition, or memory beat within a broader Montana or wilderness sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational access to a remote-looking mountain lake setting in the early 1970s, without enough visual detail to identify specific individuals or activity.
Research note: People may be present as tiny figures in boats, so likeness review may still be prudent, while copyright, location, and property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Montana wilderness lake, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, mountain lake evergreen forest, and vintage recreational boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness or Montana material, then broader 1970s mountain lake and forest scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, showing a shaded mountain lake, evergreen trees, and distant ridges framed by dark film edges. — A shaded lake and forested mountain backdrop appear through dark frame edges.

1973 Montana wilderness lake scene with evergreen forest, distant mountains, shoreline grass, and small red boats on or near the water. — Small red boats punctuate the calm lake below forested slopes and distant mountains.

1973 8mm Scapegoat Wilderness view of a forested shoreline, mountain lake water, faint ridges, and a small red boat in the lower frame. — The camera holds on a forested shoreline with a red boat near the lake edge.

1973 Montana lake scene showing dense evergreens, grassy shoreline, calm water, and small boats or figures near the right edge. — Dense evergreens line the far shore as small boats sit near the edge of the frame.

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