Montana USA-1958: Serene Lake Amid Arid Hills With Small Boat

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

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Serene Lake Amid Arid Hills With Small Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake nestled between arid hills in Montana. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows calm blue water with a small boat drifting near the shore. The landscape features dry, brown slopes under a cloudy sky, with a few structures visible along the distant shoreline. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a quiet natural setting.

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: 123478598

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 8mm Montana lake scenery for documentary, education, or commercial edits needing a quiet Western landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century amateur travel filming, with saturated color, window-like framing, and distant shoreline structures as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler viewpoint, observing the lake and dry hills from behind a dark window or vehicle frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, arid hills, cloudy sky, distant shoreline buildings, a small boat, a low island or spit, and dark framing bars.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, slight exposure variation, muted color, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, contemplative transition, travel-memory beat, or establishing cutaway for a Western lake setting.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure travel or landscape observation in Montana without showing identifiable people, activity, or named landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but location, copyright, and any distant property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm Montana lake, vintage home movie Western landscape, arid hills water view, and small boat on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Montana scenery, then broader mid-century lake and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing a calm blue lake, dry hills, cloudy sky, and dark window-like borders. — A broad lake view appears through dark framing, with arid hills and clouds beyond the water.

1958 Montana lake shoreline with brown hills, blue water, distant structures, and dark framing from the filming position. — The camera frames the lake and hillside shoreline, with small distant structures along the water.

1958 Montana 8mm view of a small boat on blue water below arid hills and a low shoreline or island. — A small boat sits on the lake below dry slopes and a low projecting shore.

1958 Montana lake scene with a small boat, low island or spit, distant shoreline structures, and arid hills. — The final frame shows the boat near a low landform, with hills and faint shoreline details in the distance.

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