Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Squirrel Picking Up A Nut And Running Away With

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

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Squirrel Picking Up A Nut And Running Away With — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, capturing a curious brown squirrel on a lush green lawn beside a brick wall. The furry animal scurries across the grass, grabbing a nut in its mouth before darting away. The scene includes a white picket fence and a house number post with address 2651, all rendered in the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century amateur film. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage of suburban wildlife and everyday life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120787546

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: 1950s 8mm suburban wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational requests for everyday American yard life and small-animal behavior.
Period detail: The brick exterior, clipped lawn, white picket-style fencing, and simple address lamp post may show mid-century residential landscaping in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the patient, unstaged feel of a home-movie camera following a squirrel as it pauses, picks up food, and moves through the yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown squirrel, green lawn, brick wall edge, shrubbery, white fence sections, and an address lamp post marked 2651.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight handheld framing, and uneven exposure across the grass.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, domestic transition, wildlife insert, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s family or suburban sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary residential outdoor space and backyard wildlife rather than a public event or identifiable civic landmark.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the residential exterior and address marker should be reviewed separately for property-context concerns alongside copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm squirrel in yard, Hatfield Pennsylvania home movie wildlife, suburban lawn animal footage, and brown squirrel picking up nut.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1956 Hatfield residential footage, then with broader 1950s suburban wildlife or backyard-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie footage, a brown squirrel moves low across a green lawn near the edge of a brick wall. — Squirrel crosses the lawn beside brickwork.

A brown squirrel stands upright on the grass near a brick wall, holding or inspecting a small item in the yard. — Squirrel pauses upright on the grass.

The squirrel sits near darker shrubs at the edge of a green lawn, with white fence sections visible in the background. — Squirrel reaches the shrub line.

A residential lawn in Hatfield, Pennsylvania shows white fence sections and an address lamp post marked 2651 after the squirrel has moved out of the frame. — Address lamp post and fence in the yard.

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