British Columbia USA-1981: Grey Squirrel With Bushy Tail Jumping On Rocks

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationBritish Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 British Columbia

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Grey Squirrel With Bushy Tail Jumping On Rocks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 captures a grey squirrel with a bushy tail navigating rocky terrain in British Columbia, USA. The squirrel moves across weathered stone and a decaying log, its shadow visible on the sunlit surface. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic soft focus of analog Super 8 footage. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse of nature in a classic, unscripted style, ideal for historical or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122874174

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 1795 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: august,VII-8
Reel-level year note: 1981
Reel-level location note: hooper lake, british columbia
Date: 1981 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: British Columbia, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s 8mm wildlife cutaways, nature inserts, or home-movie sequences needing a small animal moving across sunlit rocks.
Period detail: The footage may show an early 1980s outdoor home-movie view, with era signaled mainly by the 8mm film texture rather than visible clothing, vehicles, or built landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's feel, following a squirrel briefly as it pauses and moves over stone near a weathered log.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grey squirrel, bushy tail, sunlit rock, rough gravel texture, animal shadow, weathered log, dark frame edges, and soft film blur.
Film character: The scan shows analog grain, slight softness, exposure variation, motion blur, and contact-sheet framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, outdoor memory beat, transitional cutaway, or brief visual accent in a nature or family-travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small-scale view of casual outdoor wildlife filming, with no visible people, signage, or architecture to support broader place-specific claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright clearance and any location or property context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1981 8mm squirrel footage, grey squirrel on rocks, bushy-tailed wildlife home movie, or British Columbia outdoor animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1981 British Columbia material if verified, and then with related 8mm wildlife or rocky outdoor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grey squirrel crosses a pale rock surface near a weathered log in 1981 8mm outdoor footage listed as British Columbia, United States. — A grey squirrel moves across sunlit rock beside a weathered log.

Grey squirrel stands on rough sunlit stone, its bushy tail raised and shadow falling across the rock in archival 8mm footage. — The squirrel pauses on the rock as its shadow stretches across the surface.

Motion-blurred grey squirrel moves across pale rock, with a dark shadow and grainy 8mm texture visible in the frame. — Motion blur catches the squirrel mid-movement over the rock.

Overhead 8mm view of a grey squirrel on rough stone, its bushy tail and compact shadow visible in bright outdoor light. — The squirrel is seen from above on rough stone near the end of the clip.

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