British Columbia USA-1981: Cute Little Chipmunk Running And Hiding Among The Rocks

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

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Cute Little Chipmunk Running And Hiding Among The Rocks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 in British Columbia, USA, showing a small chipmunk scurrying and hiding among large grey granite rocks. The animal moves quickly through crevices and over boulders in a rugged mountain landscape under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and authentic color fading typical of Super 8 footage, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. The sequence transitions from close-up rock textures to a wider view of the mountainous terrain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of nature from the early 1980s.

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: 122882229

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: Supports 1980s nature or travel archive requests needing brief 8mm wildlife cutaways of a chipmunk among mountain rocks.
Period detail: The frames show film-era color, grain, and handheld framing, with the 1981 date supported by supplied metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with the camera briefly finding a small animal before widening to the surrounding rocky landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chipmunk, pale granite boulders, rock crevices, sparse dry grasses, a mountain face, patches of snow, blue sky, and scattered clouds.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld instability as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, mountain-travel cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects amateur outdoor filming of mountain wildlife, with no visible people, buildings, vehicles, or identifying public events in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status, location accuracy, and wildlife/context identification should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1981 8mm chipmunk on rocks, Super 8 mountain wildlife, home movie alpine boulders, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with footage from the same supplied location and year, then with broader 1980s mountain wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm frame of a small chipmunk near a crevice among pale granite rocks in the supplied British Columbia location. — A chipmunk pauses low on a rock ledge beneath large grey boulders.

A small chipmunk appears on a sloping granite ledge in grainy 8mm footage from the supplied 1981 mountain setting. — The chipmunk sits briefly against a backdrop of rounded granite rock.

The chipmunk remains visible on a pale rock shelf, with dry grass and heavy boulders framing the close 8mm view. — The animal stays close to the rock surface near sparse dry grass.

The shot widens to a rugged mountain face with snow patches and blue sky, matching the supplied 1981 outdoor home-movie context. — A wider mountain view shows grey rock, lingering snow, and scattered clouds.

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