Florida Everglades USA-1975: Raccoon Sitting By The Tree Eating Food In The

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

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Raccoon Sitting By The Tree Eating Food In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a raccoon in the Florida Everglades at night. The animal, illuminated by a purple-tinted light source, sits among tree branches and foliage, appearing to eat food. The grainy, low-light footage shows the raccoon’s distinctive facial markings and movements in a natural forest setting. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife from a classic American family vacation.

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: 123238629

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: 1970s 8mm Everglades wildlife footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief nocturnal raccoon behavior insert.
Period detail: The purple low-light exposure, heavy grain, and 8mm contact-frame look support the 1975 home-movie context without showing specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, watching a raccoon sit near branches and appear to eat while the camera holds from a short distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a raccoon, dark tree trunk, fallen branches, dense foliage, purple light spill, soft focus, film grain, and frame-edge shadows.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm texture through grain, low-light exposure, color shift, gate shadows, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, nocturnal travel insert, or brief memory beat within a 1970s Florida home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects amateur vacation filming of wildlife in a natural Everglades setting, with the animal seen at night rather than staged for camera.
Research note: Although no brands or private property are visible in these stills, the clip is flagged for people visibility elsewhere, so likeness and copyright review remain separate from wildlife identification.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1975 8mm Florida Everglades raccoon, vintage home movie wildlife at night, and purple-lit forest animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same trip, then other 1975 Florida Everglades footage, then broader 1970s home-movie wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm Everglades frame showing a raccoon seated beside tree branches in grainy purple-tinted night light. — A raccoon sits among branches and foliage in a dark, purple-lit wooded area.

1975 8mm Everglades frame with a raccoon near a tree trunk, surrounded by branches and low-light purple color cast. — The raccoon remains near the base of a tree, partially lit in the dark vegetation.

Grainy 1975 Everglades home-movie frame showing the raccoon low among branches with a purple night-light cast. — The raccoon is seen lower in the frame amid tangled branches and shadowed plants.

1975 8mm Everglades frame of a raccoon seated near a tree trunk, with branches and dense foliage in purple low light. — The raccoon sits near the trunk as purple light washes over the surrounding foliage.

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