Michigan USA-1968: Squirrel in Tree with Swaying Leaves

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Squirrel in Tree with Swaying Leaves — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1968 in Michigan, USA, showing a close-up view of a tree with fresh green leaves swaying in the wind. The shot is framed through a window or dark border, creating a voyeuristic perspective. A squirrel briefly appears in the branches, adding a moment of wildlife activity. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and soft focus typical of Super 8 footage, capturing a quiet, nostalgic moment of suburban nature.

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: 122810075

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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Michigan home-movie nature cutaway for productions needing quiet suburban foliage, wind movement, or small wildlife texture.
Period detail: The 1968 8mm source and soft color suggest late-1960s home-movie footage, while the visible siding, window-like framing, and leafy yard remain nonspecific.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on branches from behind a dark window or frame, preserving an unstaged backyard observation as leaves move and a squirrel briefly appears.
What appears in frame: Fresh green leaves, tree trunks, tangled branches, dark window borders, reddish siding, grass, and a small squirrel are visible across the four frames.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and gentle camera steadiness that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a natural cutaway, memory beat, seasonal insert, or quiet transition between domestic or suburban scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests a residential Michigan yard in 1968, offering modest visual context for everyday domestic surroundings rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 Michigan 8mm tree leaves, home movie squirrel in branches, windy backyard foliage, and Super 8 suburban nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Michigan home movies, then broader 1960s backyard nature or wildlife cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Michigan 8mm frame showing fresh green leaves, tree trunks, and reddish building siding viewed through dark vertical borders. — Leaves and trunks fill a dark-framed view toward a yard and reddish siding.

Close 1968 Michigan home-movie view of shiny green leaves and branches crossing a tree trunk near reddish exterior siding. — Wind-stirred leaves and branches partly obscure the trunk and siding behind them.

1968 Michigan 8mm frame with a small squirrel partly hidden in branches behind bright green leaves near a backyard tree. — A squirrel briefly appears among the branches behind foreground leaves.

1968 Michigan home-movie frame showing leaves, branches, and a tree trunk against reddish siding and grass in soft 8mm focus. — The final view returns to wind-tossed leaves and the tree trunk against the building siding.

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