Montana USA-1958: Scenic Mountain Lake Landscape With Rolling Hills

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMontana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Montana

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Scenic Mountain Lake Landscape With Rolling Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene landscape in Montana, USA. The clip features a vast body of water stretching toward distant rolling hills under a cloudy sky. The film shows natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era. A small object, possibly a boat, is visible on the water's surface. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, nostalgic view of the American West. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123478592

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 1571 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: may,june,july
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: california,oregon,washington,montana,north dakota
Date: 1958 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: 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: 1950s Montana home-movie landscape footage for productions needing a quiet mountain lake, reservoir, or western travel establishing view.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century 8mm travel filming, with only the film stock, color, and distant landscape supporting the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot scenic pause, holding on water and hills without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include broad blue water, rolling hills, darker mountain ridges, cloud cover, a distant shoreline, and small boat-like specks on the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight flicker, and steady framing that give it period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, landscape cutaway, reflective transition, or quiet memory beat in a western travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a mid-century recreational view of Montana scenery, emphasizing open water and undeveloped hills rather than a named landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but location, copyright status, and any property or watercraft identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Montana 8mm lake landscape, vintage home movie mountain water, and 1950s western reservoir scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Montana material, then broader 1950s mountain lake and western landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing blue water, low distant hills, darker ridges, and cloud cover, with a tiny boat-like speck near the lower edge. — Lake view with distant hills under broken cloud cover.

1958 Montana 8mm frame with open water in the foreground, distant rounded hills, a dark ridge, and mottled clouds overhead. — Open water facing a distant hilly shoreline.

1958 Montana 8mm frame looking across blue water toward a long low hillside and darker mountain ridge under clouds. — Long hillside beyond the lake surface.

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing water, a curving shoreline, rolling hills, and a small light detail near the far shore. — Curving shoreline and hills across the water.

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