Scapegoat Wilderness Montana USA .Mp-1973: People Swim And Float In Lake With Red Raft

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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 lakeside scene in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. Viewed through a window frame, the footage shows people swimming and floating in a calm lake surrounded by dense evergreen forest. A red inflatable raft drifts across the water, while a person in a red life vest paddles near the shore. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1970s summer vacation atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about American outdoor life.

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: 123082018

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 wilderness lake recreation footage for documentary or editorial sequences about American outdoor leisure, camping trips, and summer travel memories.
Period detail: The red inflatable raft, casual lake swimming, and soft 8mm color may show a 1973 home-movie vacation moment in Montana's Scapegoat Wilderness.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching swimmers and rafters from behind a dark window or frame edge across a quiet forest lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, evergreen forest, grassy shore, swimmers, red raft, distant figures, window-frame borders, and film dust marks.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, gate edges, and contact-print texture that preserve the feel of a scanned physical home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or establishing insert for a rural lake outing.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation in a forested Montana setting, with people using simple flotation gear near a quiet shoreline.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, or clear private property are evident from the frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Montana lake swimming, Scapegoat Wilderness home movie, red raft on forest lake, and vintage summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Scapegoat Wilderness footage, then broader 1970s lake and camping recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view of people swimming and floating near shore on a forested lake in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. — Swimmers and a small red raft move near the far shore of a quiet forest lake.

Distant people in the lake appear near a red raft against the evergreen shoreline in this 1973 Montana home-movie frame. — Distant swimmers and flotation gear appear along the opposite shore.

A closer 8mm frame shows people floating near a red raft on a forest lake in Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana. — Rafters and swimmers gather near the shoreline below dense trees.

The red raft drifts at the edge of the frame while rippled water, forest, and fallen branches fill the Montana lake scene. — A red raft moves across rippled water near a wooded shoreline with fallen branches.

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