Canada-1979: A Furry Gopher Rodent Eating In The Green Grass

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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A Furry Gopher Rodent Eating In The Green Grass — Clip Details

A furry gopher rodent forages in a sun-drenched grassy field, its brown fur blending with the green and yellow blades. The animal moves slowly across the frame, occasionally pausing to nibble at the ground. Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures the quiet behavior of a wild mammal in its natural habitat. The footage features natural film grain, slight camera shake, and a nostalgic, authentic feel typical of personal archives from the era.

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: 123091846

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 Canada wildlife requests needing a brief 8mm cutaway of a small brown rodent foraging in grass.
Period detail: The frames offer limited period clues beyond the 8mm home-movie texture and the supplied 1979 Canada metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie observation of a wild animal feeding at ground level from a patient handheld viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small brown rodent, green grass, scattered stones, soft field vegetation, dark film borders, and slight frame blur.
Film character: The footage shows visible grain, muted color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a wildlife insert, rural memory beat, nature cutaway, or quiet transition within a 1970s archival sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents casual wildlife observation in an outdoor grassy setting without visible people, structures, signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though animal species identification and copyright status should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1979 Canada 8mm rodent foraging, vintage home movie gopher in grass, or small mammal eating cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel wildlife shots, then other 1979 Canada outdoor footage, then broader small-mammal or grassland nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small brown rodent, likely a gopher or similar mammal, forages in a grassy Canadian field in 1979 8mm footage. — A small brown rodent moves low through grass and stones.

A small brown rodent pauses upright in green grass, with soft 8mm grain and dark frame borders visible. — The rodent pauses upright among field grass.

The rodent bends toward the ground as it feeds or sniffs through grass in the 1979 Canada home-movie footage. — The small mammal forages with its head down in grass.

A small brown rodent lies or moves low in the grass, framed softly within dark 8mm film borders. — The rodent stays low against the grassy ground.

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