Flathead National Forest Montana-1978: Red Indian Paintbrush and Purple Wildflowers on Alpine Scree

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationFlathead National Forest, Montana, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Flathead National Forest, 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

alpine wildflowers
mountain flora
summer bloom
wilderness backpacking
1970s home movies
natural colour

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · alpine scree slope with wildflowers in mountain backcountry
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 0
Objects: Indian paintbrush plants · purple wildflowers · small yellow wildflowers · broken rock and gravel · green leaves
Colors: scarlet red · green · purple · grey · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Close-up opens on red Indian paintbrush stems rising from grey scree.
Purple and yellow wildflowers hold steady around the red blooms in bright sun.
The shot ends on the same unchanged framing of the flower patch.

Red Indian Paintbrush and Purple Wildflowers on Alpine Scree — Clip Details

Flathead National Forest, Montana, 1978 home movie footage from a backpacking trip on the Holland Lake to Sapphire Lake trails. A single steady close-up frames clusters of scarlet Indian paintbrush rising among purple and small yellow wildflowers. Behind the plants lies a bed of grey broken rock and gravel. The shot is held almost motionless in bright, direct sun, with saturated Super 8 colour and light film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002552

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

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: Flathead National Forest, 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: Answers a request for authentic late-1970s colour footage of Rocky Mountain wildflowers, suited to nature, outdoor-recreation and regional history productions.
Period detail: No dated objects are in the frame; the era rests on the reel's August 1978 title card and the saturated colour typical of 1970s Super 8 reversal film.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur filmmaker on a family backpacking trip pauses to record a favourite flower patch, a personal moment of attention rather than a staged nature shot.
What appears in frame: Tall scarlet paintbrush spikes, clusters of purple blooms at the lower edge, a few small yellow flowers, narrow green leaves and a background of grey broken rock in hard sun.
Film character: Rich, saturated Super 8 colour with fine grain, crisp sunlit highlights on the gravel and gentle edge softness give the shot a warm period texture.
Edit role: Works as a botanical cutaway or short insert inside a hiking sequence, or as a calm transition beat between trail and camp scenes.
Historical context: The reel documents a 1978 backpacking trip into the Swan Range near the Bob Marshall Wilderness, designated in 1964, showing how families recorded wilderness travel on home film.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear; copyright in the home movie is separate from any likeness issues, and the footage shows public national forest land rather than private property.
Research search match: Researchers may search for Indian paintbrush close-up, 1978 Super 8 wildflowers, Montana alpine flowers home movie, or Flathead National Forest 1970s footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's purple aster, blue gentian and beargrass slope clips, then its alpine lake pans and beargrass trail hike, then other 1970s mountain wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Scarlet Indian paintbrush and purple blooms on alpine scree in Montana's Flathead National Forest, Super 8 home movie, 1978 — Indian paintbrush rising from a scree slope on a 1978 backpacking trip in Montana's Swan Range.
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Close-up of scarlet paintbrush spikes and purple flower clusters on a stony Montana mountainside, filmed on Super 8 in 1978 — Purple wildflowers cluster beneath red paintbrush spikes in hard midsummer sun.
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Red and purple alpine wildflowers against grey broken rock near Sapphire Lake trails, Montana, 1978 home movie — A steady, sunlit study of a high-country flower patch from a 1978 family home movie.
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Sunlit Indian paintbrush with small yellow flowers on a gravel slope, Bob Marshall Wilderness area, Montana, 1978 Super 8 — The closing frame keeps the same view of paintbrush and yellow blooms on alpine gravel.
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