Holland Lake Montana-1978: Wide Cascade Spilling Over Dark Rock Ledges Into a Forest Pool

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationHolland Lake, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Holland Lake, Montana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1978 · Holland Lake & Flathead National Forest · Reel 17405875 contains 20 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

waterfall
mountain wilderness
flowing water
backpacking trip
nature
1970s outdoor recreation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Mountain forest creek with a cascade over dark rock ledges and a shallow pool
Time and weather: day · summer · clear
Lighting: Bright daylight on the water with deep shade on the rock face
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: waterfall · rock ledges · pool · fallen branches · conifer sapling · dead pole
Colors: violet · white · black · muted green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A wide cascade fills the left of the frame, pouring over dark rock into a pool.
The view drifts left and the full spread of falling water centres in frame.
A leaning dead pole and rock ledges come into view at left.
The cascade holds steady in the centre above the brush-lined pool.

Wide Cascade Spilling Over Dark Rock Ledges Into a... — Clip Details

Holland Lake area, Flathead National Forest, Montana, 1978 home movie footage. A broad cascade fans out over stepped dark rock and drops into a shallow pool edged with fallen branches and brush. A young conifer stands to the right of the falling water, and a leaning dead pole sits at the left. The camera holds a wide, steady frame with a slow drift to the left, and the Super 8 colour carries a cool violet cast with deep shadows.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002548

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Holland Lake, Montana, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supplies authentic 1978 Super 8 nature footage for documentaries or exhibits about Montana backcountry hiking and 1970s outdoor recreation.
Period detail: No dated objects are in frame; the period look comes from the Super 8 reversal colour, with its violet cast and heavy shadows, and from the reel's 1978 title card.
Home-movie behavior: A hiker stops on the trail to film a cascade, a typical moment of family trip filmmaking where scenery stood in for the people on the walk.
What appears in frame: A broad sheet of white water, stepped dark rock ledges, a shallow pool, tangled fallen branches, a young conifer at right and a leaning dead pole at left.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, bright clipped highlights in the water and near-black shadows under a cool violet cast give it a clear small-gauge reversal film texture.
Edit role: Works as a nature cutaway, a transition between trail scenes, or a short establishing beat for a wilderness sequence.
Historical context: The trip followed the Holland Lake trail network toward Sapphire Lake, a route that enters the Bob Marshall Wilderness, which Congress designated under the 1964 Wilderness Act.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear; the footage copyright is separate from any location considerations, and the site lies on public national forest land.
Research search match: Super 8 waterfall 1978, 1970s Montana home movie cascade, vintage Flathead National Forest creek footage, archival mountain waterfall film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the South Holland Trail mileage sign and hikers crossing a log footbridge from this reel, then the alpine lake valley pan, then other 1970s mountain waterfall footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Mountain cascade near Holland Lake, Montana, filmed on Super 8 in 1978, water spilling over dark rock into a pool — A broad cascade spills over dark rock into a brush-lined pool, Montana, 1978.
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Fan-shaped cascade on a creek in Flathead National Forest, Montana, 1978 Super 8 home movie with a violet cast — The falling water fans out across stepped ledges above the pool.
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Creek cascade on the Holland Lake trail in Montana, 1978, with a leaning dead pole beside dark rock — A leaning dead pole frames the left edge of the cascade, 1978.
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Swan Range creek falls in Montana on 1978 Super 8 film, white water dropping into a pool framed by logs — The cascade holds centre frame above fallen logs and brush at the pool's edge.
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