Absaroka Range Montana-1975: Hikers Sitting on a Brushy Bank Beside Rushing Rapids

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationAbsaroka Range, Montana, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · Absaroka Range, Montana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1975 · Agate Springs & Absaroka Range · Reel 88e80bfe contains 22 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

outdoor recreation
hiking
rest
mountain travel
companionship
flowing water
informal observation

Shot type: mixed
Camera: zoom · handheld · Slightly elevated rear three-quarter view
Setting: outdoor · Rocky, brush-covered mountain stream bank beside foaming rapids
Time and weather: Daytime · Summer · No visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright water highlights and deep bank shadows
People: 3 · Three seated hikers: a central figure in a patterned top with pale sleeves, a foreground figure in orange-red seen from behind, and a third dark-haired figure partly obscured behind the central person; ages are unclear.
Objects: stream rapids · rocks · leafy vegetation · thin branches · patterned top · orange-red shirt
Colors: purple-blue · white · orange-red · dark green · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A wider view shows hikers seated among brush beside the rapids.
The framing tightens around the patterned top and orange-red shirt.
The closer view holds as foaming water rushes behind the seated group.

Hikers Sitting on a Brushy Bank Beside Rushing Rapids — Clip Details

Absaroka Range, Montana, 1975 home movie footage shows three hikers seated among rocks and brush beside foaming stream rapids. The camera moves from a wider view into closer framing of a person in a patterned top with pale sleeves and another in an orange-red shirt. A third figure remains partly obscured behind them as white water tumbles through the background. The continuous shot has soft detail, deep shadows and a pronounced purple-blue cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003137

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 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: Absaroka Range, 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: This 1975 Montana scene supports documentary requests for hikers resting beside mountain rapids during a recreational excursion.
Period detail: The patterned top, pale long sleeves and orange-red shirt provide visible clothing details within the documented 1975 trip.
Home-movie behavior: The seated group remains absorbed in the streamside pause while the camera closes in from behind.
What appears in frame: Three seated figures occupy a bank of rocks, leafy brush and thin branches beside bright foaming water.
Film character: Soft grain, dense shadows, bright highlights and a purple-blue cast give the projected-film transfer a pronounced archival texture.
Edit role: Use the shot as a short rest-stop cutaway or a pause between more active hiking and stream-crossing scenes.
Historical context: The scene records an informal moment of mountain recreation within a documented 1975 excursion in Montana's Absaroka Range.
Research note: People appear with limited facial detail; copyright permission remains separate from any applicable likeness rights, and no readable logos or identifiable private property are visible.
Research search match: The clip matches searches for 1975 Montana hiking home movies, Absaroka Range recreation and small-gauge footage of hikers beside rapids.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's backpackers on the trail and creek crossing on logs, then other 1975 Absaroka Range scenes, followed by broader streamside hiking rests.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hikers rest on a brushy stream bank in Montana's Absaroka Range in 1975, with a patterned top and orange-red shirt prominent beside white water. — Seated hikers pause among brush and rocks beside rushing rapids.
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Closer view of seated hikers beside Absaroka Range rapids, Montana, 1975, with pale sleeves, an orange-red back and a partly hidden third figure. — The closer framing emphasizes the seated figures against bright foam.
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A profile and a rear view frame the streamside rest.

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The closing view holds on hikers resting beside white-water rapids in Montana's Absaroka Range in 1975, with brush overlapping their clothing. — The streamside pause continues in the closing view.
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