Colorado USA-1939: Bird On Rock And Squirrel Eating From Hand

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1933 Colorado

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Bird On Rock And Squirrel Eating From Hand — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene moment in Colorado. A small bird perches on a sun-drenched rock in a rugged, stony landscape, while a chipmunk eagerly eats peanuts from a person's outstretched hand. The footage shows natural wildlife interaction in a mountainous setting, with warm, slightly faded colors and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film. This archival clip offers authentic 1930s Americana and outdoor life, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, 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: 124761871

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: 1939 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: Colorado, 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: 1930s Colorado home-movie wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts about outdoor travel, mountain recreation, or human encounters with small animals.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s leisure filming, with handheld 8mm color footage of rocky terrain and a visitor feeding a small chipmunk-like animal by hand.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing to film approachable wildlife rather than a managed nature scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird on a rock, a chipmunk-like animal, peanuts in an outstretched hand, rough stone, gravel, scrub, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The scanned 8mm material shows soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, nature insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader Colorado outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor-shot outdoor observation in a rocky mountain setting, with wildlife filmed at close range and a human hand briefly entering the frame.
Research note: A human hand is visible, so copyright, likeness, and any wildlife-use context should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Colorado 8mm wildlife, vintage home movie chipmunk eating from hand, bird on rock, and 1930s mountain travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Colorado material, then with vintage outdoor wildlife or mountain travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing a small bird perched on a large rock amid scattered stones and scrub. — A small bird pauses on a rock in a rugged, stony setting.

1939 Colorado 8mm frame of a chipmunk-like animal taking peanuts from a person's hand on rough stone. — A chipmunk-like animal approaches peanuts held in an open hand.

Close 1939 Colorado 8mm view of a chipmunk-like animal feeding from a hand beside a rough rock surface. — The small animal feeds at close range from a visitor's hand.

1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing a chipmunk-like animal sitting upright next to a hand with peanuts on a rock. — The animal sits upright while feeding from an open hand.

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