St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Chipmunk Moving Swiftly Over Rocks

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Chipmunk Moving Swiftly Over Rocks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1962 in St Paul, Minnesota, showing a small brown chipmunk moving swiftly over rocky terrain. The grainy, low-light footage captures the animal's quick movements across moss-covered stones, with natural green and earthy tones dominating the scene. The handheld camera follows the chipmunk's agile path, creating a dynamic, nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a natural setting. This authentic archival clip offers a charming, unscripted moment from mid-century America, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813809

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: 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

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: Useful for 1960s 8mm wildlife or nature cutaways needing a brief home-movie view of a chipmunk moving across rocks in the United States.
Period detail: The frames offer few dateable visual clues beyond the supplied 1962 home-movie metadata, showing only natural rocks, moss, dark tree cover, and a small animal.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a handheld home-movie operator trying to follow a quick chipmunk through a shaded rocky setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small striped chipmunk, pale and dark rocks, mossy surfaces, dirt patches, evergreen branches, shadowed trunks, and soft green-brown background tones.
Film character: The footage shows a grainy 8mm texture with low-light exposure, soft focus, muted color, and handheld framing that shifts with the animal's movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, natural-history cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: As a home-movie wildlife fragment, it reflects casual observation of small animals in an outdoor setting rather than a documented public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, or private property are visible in the provided frames, but users should still review source copyright and any broader reel context separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 8mm chipmunk footage, St Paul Minnesota home movie wildlife, small animal on rocks archival clip, and 1960s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St Paul or Minnesota material, and then with broader 8mm wildlife, rocks, woodland, or home-movie nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1962 St Paul, Minnesota home-movie frame, a small chipmunk is partly visible among pale rocks and shaded evergreen growth. — Chipmunk moving through shaded rocks.

A soft 8mm frame shows the chipmunk near dark evergreen cover and pale rocky ground, with low-light green and brown tones. — Chipmunk near dark evergreen cover.

The chipmunk appears in a blurred close view as it crosses from a pale rock edge toward darker ground in the handheld 8mm footage. — Chipmunk crossing a rock edge.

The final frame shows the chipmunk on rocky, uneven ground with its striped back visible beside a pale stone surface. — Striped chipmunk on rocky ground.

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