Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Man Crouched Trying To Lure A Chipmunk

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSummit, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Crouched Trying To Lure A Chipmunk — Clip Details

A man crouches on a rocky hillside in Summit County, Colorado, in 1962, attempting to lure a chipmunk with food. The vintage 8mm film captures the animal cautiously approaching, its striped fur and alert posture visible against the gravelly terrain. The man, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark pants, remains still as the chipmunk sniffs the ground. The scene unfolds in natural daylight, with sparse vegetation and pine trees in the background, showcasing the rugged mountain environment. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with soft focus and film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123757474

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1636 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: spring time in the rockies
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1962 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: Summit, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s U.S. mountain-travel or nature footage needing an intimate home-movie moment with a man coaxing a small wild animal outdoors.
Period detail: The light shirt, slacks, soft color reversal look, and handheld 8mm framing support the supplied 1962 Summit County, Colorado context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation-like behavior as a crouching adult stays still and offers food while a chipmunk approaches on rocky ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crouching man, a chipmunk, rocky soil, sparse grasses, pine trees, mountain daylight, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that read as authentic scanned 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within a mountain vacation or human-animal interaction sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects midcentury amateur outdoor filming and casual tourist interaction with wildlife in a dry, high-country setting.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage-license assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Colorado home movie, Summit County chipmunk footage, man feeding wildlife, and vintage mountain vacation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1962 Summit County Colorado outdoor scenes, then broader vintage wildlife or mountain-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A chipmunk stands on gravelly ground in the 1962 Summit County, Colorado home-movie scene. — A chipmunk pauses among rocks and sparse ground cover.

A man crouches on a rocky Summit County hillside in 1962, watching the ground near a chipmunk off frame. — The crouching man waits quietly on the slope.

In the 1962 Colorado home-movie footage, the man crouches and reaches toward the rocky ground to lure the chipmunk. — The man extends his hand toward the gravelly hillside.

The man's hand reaches into the lower edge of the 1962 Summit County frame as the rocky slope and pine background remain visible. — An outstretched hand enters the frame near the rocky ground.

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