Florida Everglades USA-1975: Some Sort Of Animal Crawls Around The Base Of A

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

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Some Sort Of Animal Crawls Around The Base Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious animal, likely a raccoon, crawling around the base of a large tree in the Florida Everglades. The footage features a distinct purple color cast, typical of older film stock, with visible grain and soft focus. The animal moves through the dense undergrowth near the tree's exposed root system, surrounded by lush green foliage. The handheld camera remains mostly steady, offering a candid glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and offers authentic, unscripted nature footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123238534

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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 wildlife or Everglades home-movie requests needing brief, observational 8mm footage of a small animal near forest roots.
Period detail: The 8mm format, soft focus, grain, and strong magenta-purple color shift support the supplied 1975 home-movie dating.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler or family member quietly filming an animal from a short distance rather than staged nature coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small brown animal, exposed tree roots, pale trunks, dense green foliage, dark understory, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and a pronounced purple color cast.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, Everglades travel insert, or atmospheric memory beat within a 1970s nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents informal visitor-shot observation of subtropical woodland habitat in the Florida Everglades without identifying a specific trail or site.
Research note: Rights review should confirm copyright status and note the metadata flag for visible people, though the attached stills mainly show wildlife and trees.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1975 Florida Everglades 8mm wildlife, vintage home movie animal near tree roots, and purple-cast nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1975 Florida Everglades travel footage, then broader 1970s wildlife and wetland home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm Everglades footage showing a small brown animal low beside exposed tree roots under dense foliage. — A small animal moves near the root system of a large tree in dark Everglades undergrowth.

A small animal appears beside tangled roots and pale trunks in purple-cast 1975 Florida Everglades home-movie footage. — The animal remains close to the base of the tree, partly surrounded by roots and brush.

Closer 8mm frame of the small brown animal near a large rooted tree in the Florida Everglades, with heavy grain and color shift. — A closer handheld view shows the animal against the tree roots and surrounding vegetation.

Final frame shows the small animal near the lower-left roots of a tree in 1975 Everglades home-movie footage. — The animal is low near the roots as the frame holds on the surrounding trunks and foliage.

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