Colorado-1958: Squirrel Foraging on Rocky Terrain

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

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Squirrel Foraging on Rocky Terrain — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Colorado in 1958 captures a small squirrel navigating a rocky terrain. The animal scurries across uneven stones, pausing to forage on the ground before standing alert. Shot on Super 8 film, the footage displays characteristic grain, soft focus, and warm color tones typical of mid-century home movies. The natural setting and candid wildlife behavior evoke a sense of nostalgia and quiet observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123585563

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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1958 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: Colorado, United States 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado home-movie wildlife footage useful for documentary inserts, nature-history cutaways, or mid-century travel and outdoor recreation sequences.
Period detail: The frames show natural rocky ground and a small squirrel-like animal, with the 1958 Colorado context supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a family camera pausing on an unstaged animal as it moves, forages, and stands alert near rocks and dirt.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small squirrel, uneven rocks, dusty ground, scattered pebbles, soft shadows, and film-frame borders from the contact sheet.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color warmth, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation consistent with mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, a travel-memory insert, or a quiet transition between broader Colorado outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual home-movie attention to local wildlife and outdoor surroundings, without visible people, structures, signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any broader usage clearance should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Colorado 8mm squirrel footage, vintage home movie wildlife, small animal on rocks, and mid-century outdoor nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado outdoor footage, then similar vintage wildlife or rocky-ground nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small squirrel appears on rocky ground in 1958 Colorado home-movie footage, partly near the frame edge. — A small squirrel moves across rough stones in a close handheld view.

The frame shows soft, handheld rocky terrain from the Colorado home-movie clip, with motion blur and no clear people or signage. — A blurred handheld view passes over uneven rocks and dirt.

A small squirrel stands alert on dusty Colorado ground, surrounded by scattered pebbles in 1958 8mm footage. — The squirrel pauses upright on bare ground amid small stones.

A small squirrel remains on open dirt in the Colorado home-movie scene, framed by pebbles and soft 8mm texture. — The animal stays low on the ground as the camera holds the shot.

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