California USA-1936: Old-Fashioned Video Shows Death Of Gopher In A Wild Western

$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.

Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Old-Fashioned Video Shows Death Of Gopher In A Wild Western — Clip Details

Vintage 1936 8mm home movie footage from California shows a gopher in a dry, arid landscape. The grainy, color-tinted film captures the animal moving across sandy terrain, with a human figure partially visible in the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, slight color fading, and edge damage—offering a nostalgic glimpse of rural wildlife and early amateur filmmaking. The scene unfolds in a wide, open desert environment under bright daylight, with sparse vegetation and distant hills. This authentic archival clip provides raw, unedited documentation of a moment in time, ideal for historical or documentary use.

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: 121506875

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1936 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: California, 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: 1930s California 8mm home-movie footage for documentary requests needing rural wildlife, arid Western landscape, or amateur animal-control imagery.
Period detail: The clip may show 1930s rural California, with dry scrubland, distant low hills, and a partially seen adult figure in plain outdoor clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged amateur viewpoint, with a handheld camera lingering on open ground, scrub, and a small animal in a sparse landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dry brush, sandy soil, distant hills, pale sky, a small animal or carcass, a partial human figure, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, vertical scratches, and gate edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition for rural California, frontier imagery, animal-control context, or dry-land ecology.
Historical context: The footage visually records a dry open landscape and human presence near wildlife without enough detail to identify the person, exact site, or circumstances.
Research note: People are partly visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, animal-death sensitivity, and any location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s California 8mm home movie, dry Western landscape, gopher footage, rural wildlife, arid scrubland, and vintage animal scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1936 California rural footage, and then with broader dry-land wildlife or Western home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a partial adult figure beside a small animal or carcass in dry brush and sandy ground. — A partial adult figure stands near a small animal on arid scrubland.

1936 California 8mm frame with open arid scrubland, a distant horizon, pale sky, and visible film scratches. — Open dry scrubland stretches toward a low, hazy horizon.

1936 California 8mm frame showing low scrubland, dark foreground shadow, distant hills, and a bright washed-out sky. — Dry brushland and distant hills appear beneath a bright sky.

1936 California 8mm frame showing a dry open field with scattered shrubs, low hills, pale blue sky, and worn film edges. — A dry field with scattered scrub opens toward low hills.

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