Chelan Washington USA-1939: A Squirrel In The Woods

Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationChelan, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Chelan Washington

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A Squirrel In The Woods — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan Washington USA, 1939, capturing a squirrel in a wooded forest. The black and white film shows a natural woodland setting with tree trunks, leaf-covered ground, and dense underbrush. A squirrel briefly appears, darting behind a tree trunk and moving through the undergrowth. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, with a handheld camera perspective. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century wildlife observation and home movie cinematography.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121507510

Rights & Clearance

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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm wildlife home-movie cutaway for documentary or museum edits needing a brief woodland squirrel observation in Washington State.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly black-and-white 8mm texture, handheld framing, and wooded terrain, with the 1939 Chelan setting supported by clip metadata rather than landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to search the underbrush from a personal, unstaged vantage point as the squirrel moves briefly through the trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tree trunks, dense brush, leaf litter, low rocks, bright foliage, soft shadows, and a small squirrel near the forest floor.
Film character: The scan has strong 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that give the wildlife moment clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, woodland transition, wildlife cutaway, or memory beat within a larger home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of recreational or domestic wildlife observation in a wooded Chelan-area setting, without visible people or identifiable structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm squirrel, black-and-white home movie woods, vintage wildlife footage, and forest underbrush cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader 1930s home-movie nature and woodland wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small squirrel moves near the forest floor among tree trunks and brush in 1939 Chelan, Washington 8mm footage. — Squirrel appears low among brush and tree trunks in the wooded setting.

The squirrel is partly obscured by brush and a tree trunk in the Chelan woodland scene from the 1939 home movie. — A partly hidden squirrel moves through brush at the base of a tree.

A large tree trunk dominates the frame, with dense brush and soft background foliage in the Chelan woods footage. — The camera holds on a tree trunk and brush as the animal moves out of clear view.

The final frame shows tree bark and tangled foliage in the 1939 Chelan woodland home-movie sequence. — Tree bark and high-contrast foliage fill the closing woodland frame.

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