Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Friendly Small Squirrel In The Grass

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationHatfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Pennsylvania

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Friendly Small Squirrel In The Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, showing a small squirrel in a grassy yard. The squirrel, with gray and reddish-brown fur, stands on its hind legs near a concrete surface, appearing to eat or hold something. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in a suburban setting. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, with slight camera shake and natural movement.

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: 120787515

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 2359 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: west coast,paul s fackler
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: wesleyville pennsylvania
Date: 1956 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: Hatfield, Pennsylvania, 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: This 1956 8mm Hatfield, Pennsylvania clip can support archival requests for mid-century American home-movie wildlife cutaways, suburban yard atmosphere, or gentle natural-history inserts.
Period detail: The visible period detail is limited to the 8mm color home-movie texture and a simple grass-and-concrete yard setting, with the 1956 Pennsylvania context supported by supplied metadata rather than distinct landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie quality, with the camera observing a small squirrel at close range as it pauses upright in the grass and moves near the concrete.
What appears in frame: The frames show a small gray and reddish-brown squirrel, patchy green grass, a pale concrete walk or slab, dark shrubbery or ground cover, soft focus, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld instability that give it recognizable archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, domestic-yard cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1950s family or suburban montage.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of everyday mid-century domestic outdoor space, using a backyard wildlife moment rather than architecture, people, or public events to convey place.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still evaluate copyright status and any property-context concerns separately before publication.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1956 8mm squirrel footage, Hatfield Pennsylvania home movie wildlife, mid-century backyard animal cutaway, and vintage suburban yard squirrel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1956 Hatfield or Pennsylvania home movies, and then with related vintage backyard wildlife or small-animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small gray and reddish-brown squirrel stands upright in grass near a pale concrete surface in 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie footage. — Squirrel upright beside the concrete edge.

A small squirrel remains upright in the grass, its reddish tail visible beside a concrete edge in the supplied 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania clip. — Squirrel pauses upright in the yard.

The squirrel is seen close to the concrete and grass boundary, partly turned with its tail behind it in soft 8mm home-movie focus. — Squirrel near the grass and concrete boundary.

A small squirrel moves across or onto the pale concrete surface, with its body blurred by motion and the grass edge just outside the frame area. — Squirrel moves onto the concrete.

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