Grand Teton Wyoming USA-1980: Tree Branch Shaken By Animal In Foliage

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationGrand Teton, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 Grand Teton Wyoming

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Tree Branch Shaken By Animal In Foliage — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Teton Wyoming USA in 1980 shows a dense tree branch being violently shaken by an unseen animal. The grainy, color-bleached film captures a natural moment in a forested area, with green and purple-tinged foliage swaying against a rocky background. A small, light-colored animal, possibly a raccoon or primate, briefly emerges from the branches, its movements causing the branches to tremble. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including grain, slight color distortion, and a handheld, observational camera style. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife behavior and nostalgic Americana for documentaries, nature projects, or historical content.

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: 122865620

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: 1980 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: Grand Teton, Wyoming, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for 1980s 8mm wildlife or nature footage from Grand Teton, useful as a brief observational insert in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames may show early 1980s home-movie color stock with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signs, or other date-specific markers beyond the supplied 1980 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-observation quality, with the camera held on dense foliage as movement within the branches becomes the subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tangled branches, leafy foliage, pale rocks, a shaded hollow, film-frame borders, and a small light-toned animal shape partly hidden by leaves.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading toward purple and green, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, nature transition, or suspenseful memory beat before or after clearer animal footage from the same sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a casual home-movie camera within a forested Grand Teton setting, emphasizing close observation of foliage and possible animal movement rather than a scenic landmark view.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but the animal identity is uncertain and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1980 Grand Teton 8mm wildlife footage, shaky branch animal in foliage, vintage home movie forest cutaway, and obscured animal movement.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Grand Teton or Wyoming 1980 clips, then broader vintage wildlife and forest-observation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grand Teton 1980 home-movie frame showing tangled foliage, rocks, and a partly obscured light-toned animal form near the lower right. — Branches and leaves partly conceal a small light-toned animal form near rocks.

Grand Teton 1980 8mm frame with dense branches and leaves over pale rocks, with possible animal movement obscured by foliage. — Dense branches and rocks obscure possible animal movement in the foliage.

Grand Teton 1980 home-movie frame showing blurred foliage, tangled branches, rocks, and a shadowed opening where movement may be occurring. — Blurred foliage and branches suggest movement near the rocks and shadowed opening.

Grand Teton 1980 8mm frame showing dense foliage, branch tangles, pale rocks, and a partly hidden light animal-like shape near the lower right. — Tangled branches frame a partly hidden light animal-like shape beside pale rocks.

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