Florida Everglades USA-1975: One Animal Chases Another In The Forest To Get Away

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida Everglades, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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One Animal Chases Another In The Forest To Get Away — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious chase through the Florida Everglades at dusk. A small animal, possibly a raccoon, darts through dense forest undergrowth, its movements fleeting and obscured by shadow and film grain. The footage is bathed in a surreal purple and green tint, likely from early color film stock or nighttime lighting, creating an eerie, dreamlike atmosphere. The handheld camera follows the animal’s erratic path through trees and foliage, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and the thrill of a forgotten adventure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123238457

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Florida Everglades, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm Everglades home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for brief, atmospheric wildlife habitat or dense forest cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s amateur travel filming through color-shifted 8mm stock, with no visible modern structures, signage, or clothing cues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a handheld visitor filming into shadowed undergrowth, reacting to movement that is mostly hidden by trees and low light.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense trees, hanging branches, green undergrowth, dark forest floor, purple color cast, soft focus, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Heavy grain, handheld framing, low exposure, soft focus, and purple-green color drift give the short scene a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife-habitat insert, dusk transition, suspenseful memory beat, or cutaway within a Florida travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a home-movie view of subtropical forest habitat in the Florida Everglades without identifiable people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but wildlife identification and location specifics should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1975 Florida Everglades 8mm forest, vintage home movie wildlife habitat, and dusk undergrowth travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with 1975 Florida Everglades travel footage, then with vintage wildlife, forest, or dusk nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida Everglades 8mm frame showing shadowed trees, hanging branches, and dense foliage with strong purple color drift. — Shadowed Everglades foliage fills the first frame as the handheld camera looks into the trees.

1975 Florida Everglades home-movie frame with branches, leaves, and a pale tree trunk in low, color-shifted light. — Branches and a pale trunk stand out against the dim forest interior.

1975 Florida Everglades 8mm frame showing low vegetation, slender trunks, and shadowed undergrowth with soft focus. — The camera drops toward darker undergrowth and thin trees on the forest floor.

1975 Florida Everglades frame with thick undergrowth, vertical tree trunks, and low-light purple-green 8mm coloration. — Dense vegetation and vertical trunks close the brief forest sequence.

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