Sapphire Lake Montana-1978: Deep Blue Mountain Gentian Blossoms Beside a Rock in Close-Up

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationSapphire Lake, Montana, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Sapphire Lake, Montana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

wildflowers
alpine flora
wilderness
backpacking
nature study
summer in the mountains
1970s home movies

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Subalpine rocky ground with low wildflower growth in mountain wilderness
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Direct bright sunlight with deep shadows behind the plants
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: blue gentian blossoms · green leaves · rocks · dry twigs
Colors: deep blue · violet · green · pale grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Medium

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Close-up opens on a cluster of deep blue gentian blossoms beside a rock.
The camera holds steady on the upright, partly furled flowers and green leaves.
The shot ends on the same sunlit framing with slight handheld drift.

Deep Blue Mountain Gentian Blossoms Beside a Rock in... — Clip Details

Near Sapphire Lake in Montana's Swan Range, 1978 home movie footage shows a cluster of deep blue mountain gentian blossoms growing among glossy green leaves beside a pale, weathered rock. Five or six upright, bell-shaped flowers fill the frame, some still furled like buds, with dry twigs and shaded stones behind them. The camera holds a sunlit close-up for about three seconds with only slight handheld drift.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002553

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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: Sapphire 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: Serves requests for late-1970s colour footage of Rocky Mountain wildflowers, useful as a nature insert in documentaries about Montana wilderness or 1970s backpacking.
Period detail: No dated objects appear in frame; the era rests on the reel's August 1978 title card and the saturated Super 8 colour typical of the period.
Home-movie behavior: A hiker stopped on the trail and knelt to film a flower clump up close, the kind of personal nature record families kept from backpacking trips.
What appears in frame: Several upright deep blue gentian blossoms, a few still furled, sit among glossy green leaves with a pale rock, a shaded boulder and dry twigs behind.
Film character: Saturated Super 8 colour with rich blue petals, slightly hot highlights on the rock, fine grain and a faint handheld drift from projection capture.
Edit role: Works as a short botanical cutaway, a colour-rich transition, or a quiet memory beat within a wilderness hiking sequence.
Historical context: The trip took place in the Swan Range near the Bob Marshall Wilderness, a 1964 designation largely managed by the Flathead National Forest.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear; the film's copyright sits with the home-movie maker or rights holder, and the plants grow on public forest land.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 'blue gentian close-up Super 8', '1970s Montana wildflowers home movie' and 'vintage alpine flower footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's purple aster close-up, Indian paintbrush and beargrass clips, then other 1978 Sapphire Lake trail shots, then wider Rocky Mountain wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Deep blue mountain gentians beside a rock near Sapphire Lake, Montana, in 1978 Super 8 home movie footage — Mountain gentians in bloom beside a rock near Sapphire Lake, Montana, 1978.
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Furled and opening blue gentian blossoms against a shaded boulder in Montana's Swan Range, 1978 Super 8 film — Several gentian blossoms are still furled in this sunlit close-up from a 1978 backpacking trip.
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Violet-blue gentians and glossy leaves in bright sun on a 1978 Montana wilderness hike, Super 8 home movie — Strong sunlight brings out the violet-blue petals and glossy leaves, filmed on Super 8 in 1978.
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Closing frame of a steady close-up of blue gentians near Sapphire Lake, Montana, 1978 home movie — End of a steady close-up on mountain gentians, Sapphire Lake trip, August 1978.
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