Agate Springs Montana USA-1975: Squirrel Moving Quickly Through Wooded Habitat

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationAgate Springs, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 Agate Springs Montana

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Squirrel Moving Quickly Through Wooded Habitat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a squirrel moving quickly through its natural habitat in Agate Springs, Montana. The footage shows the small animal navigating tree trunks and branches in a wooded area, with dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy. The image is grainy and slightly out of focus, characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage, with natural earth tones and patches of green foliage. The squirrel's rapid movements create motion blur, emphasizing its agility in the forest environment. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife behavior from the mid-1970s.

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: 123076064

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 1768 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: july
Reel-level year note: 1975
Reel-level location note: agate springs,montana
Date: 1975 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: Agate Springs, Montana, 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 1970s 8mm wildlife or nature cutaways showing a small squirrel moving through wooded habitat in Montana.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s amateur color 8mm wildlife filming, with no visible signs, buildings, vehicles, clothing, or dated objects beyond the source metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a spontaneous home-movie wildlife sighting, with the camera following quick animal movement through branches and soft focus.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a squirrel, tree bark, branches, green leaves, mottled sunlight, dark frame edges, and blurred woodland background.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, exposure variation, and motion blur consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, seasonal transition, wildlife cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents casual wildlife observation in a wooded setting, with the animal and surrounding trees carrying the visual context rather than human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright and any location or property considerations should be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1975 Montana 8mm squirrel footage, vintage home movie woodland animal, and 1970s Super 8 nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with Agate Springs or 1975 Montana footage, then with other vintage squirrel and woodland habitat clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Agate Springs, Montana 8mm frame with a blurred squirrel partly hidden by bark, branches, and green leaves. — A squirrel appears close to the camera among tree bark and foliage.

Soft 1975 Montana 8mm frame of green leaves and shaded woodland forms, with the squirrel not clearly resolved. — The view shifts into soft focus on leaves and shaded woodland background.

1975 Agate Springs 8mm frame with a fast-moving squirrel shape crossing branches against bright, leafy background. — Motion blur catches the squirrel moving through branches and dappled light.

1975 Montana 8mm frame showing a blurred squirrel moving along a branch beneath green canopy light. — The squirrel is visible as a soft moving form along a branch under leaves.

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