Colorado-1958: Squirrel Foraging in Garden Eating Fruits

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

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Squirrel Foraging in Garden Eating Fruits — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a squirrel foraging in a natural outdoor setting in Colorado. The small rodent moves across dry, rocky ground scattered with sparse vegetation and twigs, its bushy tail visible as it searches for food. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, warm color tones, and subtle grain—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The animal is seen walking and bending down, likely eating small items from the ground. This candid wildlife moment offers authentic, unscripted footage ideal for historical or nature-themed projects.

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: 123585699

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1958 Colorado 8mm home-movie wildlife footage for productions needing a brief mid-century nature cutaway or small-animal insert.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1950s amateur-film view of dry Colorado ground, sparse plants, twigs, and a squirrel, with no visible built landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a home-movie camera catching a small animal moving and pausing on open ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a squirrel, rocky soil, dry leaves, low green plants, small sticks, soft shadows, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight blur, and contact-sheet frame divisions give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, seasonal nature insert, transition beat, or quiet memory detail within a Colorado or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a modest view of mid-century amateur nature filming, centered on everyday wildlife rather than a documented event or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Colorado 8mm squirrel footage, vintage home movie wildlife, small animal foraging, and mid-century nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado material, then vintage wildlife or garden-ground foraging clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a squirrel on dry rocky ground with sparse plants, twigs, and soft film blur. — A squirrel pauses on dry, uneven ground among sparse vegetation.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame with a squirrel moving across rocky soil near dry leaves and low vegetation. — The squirrel moves across the dry ground near scattered plants.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a partly blurred squirrel on uneven ground with sparse greenery and scattered natural debris. — A blurred home-movie view catches the squirrel near the lower edge of the frame.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame with the squirrel near the lower right, surrounded by dry soil, twigs, and sparse vegetation. — The squirrel appears near the edge of the frame on dry, textured ground.

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