Canada-1979: Ground Squirrel Emerging from Burrow in Field

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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Ground Squirrel Emerging from Burrow in Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a small animal, likely a ground squirrel or prairie dog, in a grassy field in Canada. The footage shows the animal emerging from a burrow, standing alert, and moving across the lawn under natural daylight. The grainy, slightly out-of-focus quality and dark frame borders are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage. The scene conveys a quiet, observational moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, with the animal calmly exploring its surroundings.

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: 123085911

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 1792 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-09,1
Reel-level year note: 1979
Reel-level location note: canada
Date: 1979 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: Canada 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 Canadian wildlife or home-movie requests needing a brief observational cutaway of a small burrowing animal in grass.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era home-movie texture, dark frame edges, soft focus, and natural daylight, with no visible landmarks to further place the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged observer's perspective, holding on a small animal as it emerges near a burrow and moves through the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy field, dirt patches, a small burrow opening, a small animal, soft shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm color, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and gate borders that support its scanned 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, wildlife cutaway, transition beat, or memory detail within a Canada or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip may show everyday amateur nature filming in Canada during the late 1970s, focused on close observation rather than staged wildlife behavior.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and copyright or source permissions should still be verified before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1979 Canada 8mm wildlife, small animal burrow home movie, ground squirrel grass field, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel outdoor material, then other 1979 Canada footage, then similar vintage home-movie wildlife or grassland animal scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Canada 8mm frame showing a small burrowing animal partly visible in grass near a dirt opening. — A small animal appears near a burrow in a grassy field.

A small burrowing animal is visible in a Canadian grass field, framed by the dark edges of 8mm film. — The animal remains alert in the grass near its burrow.

Soft 8mm frame of a small animal moving through grass near a burrow area in Canada, 1979. — The animal moves low through the grass as the camera holds steady.

The final 1979 Canada frame shows a small animal crossing grass near dirt patches under natural daylight. — A small animal crosses the grassy area beside a patch of dirt.

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