Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Chipmunk On Rocks And Bird In Motion

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Chipmunk On Rocks And Bird In Motion — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a curious chipmunk perched on sunlit rocks in Summit County, Colorado. The small rodent stands alert, its striped fur and twitching nose clearly visible against the rugged stone. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight shakiness, and natural color tones of the era. In the final frame, a bird blurs across a rocky, grass-dotted slope, suggesting a brief, candid moment in the wild. This authentic archival clip offers nostalgic, unscripted wildlife footage perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or historical storytelling.

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: 123757598

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 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

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife home-movie cutaway for productions needing brief, unstaged animal behavior in a Rocky Mountain outdoor setting.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm home-movie texture and casual handheld framing, with the 1962 Summit County, Colorado date and location supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches small wildlife from a nearby visitor or family-film perspective, holding on a chipmunk and catching a bird in motion without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chipmunk on pale rocks, dark shaded boulders, a rocky slope, sparse grasses, a blurred bird, hard sunlight, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability typical of scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, outdoor transition, nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within 1960s Colorado travel or family-film material.
Historical context: The footage offers a casual view of mountain wildlife and rocky terrain as recorded by an amateur camera, without visible people, buildings, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location context, and any wildlife or property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Colorado 8mm wildlife, Summit County chipmunk on rocks, vintage home movie bird, and amateur mountain nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Summit County material, then broader vintage Colorado wildlife or mountain travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing a chipmunk alert on sunlit rocks against darker boulders. — A chipmunk pauses upright among sunlit rocks in a mountain setting.

1962 Summit County, Colorado frame of a chipmunk on a pale rock ledge, filmed with soft handheld 8mm texture. — The chipmunk remains perched on the rocks, facing the camera area.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm still showing a chipmunk standing alert amid pale rocks and deep boulder shadows. — The small animal stands upright between bright rock surfaces and dark shade.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame with a bird blurred in motion across a rocky, grass-dotted slope. — A bird crosses the rocky ground in a soft, motion-blurred final frame.

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