Colorado USA-1939: Feeding Chipmunks Nuts By Hand On Rocky Trail

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

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Feeding Chipmunks Nuts By Hand On Rocky Trail — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a person feeding chipmunks nuts on a rocky mountain trail in Colorado. The small rodents eagerly approach a hand offering peanuts, their striped fur and bushy tails clearly visible against the rugged stone. The footage shows multiple chipmunks interacting with the person, some taking food while others wait nearby. The natural setting features scattered boulders and sparse vegetation under bright daylight, with the characteristic grain and color palette of early color home movies. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation and human-animal interaction.

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: 124761872

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: Useful for 1930s Colorado outdoor recreation edits needing brief wildlife feeding, mountain trail, or human-animal interaction footage from real 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s color home-movie travel, with rocky trail surfaces, handheld framing, and close attention to chipmunks taking nuts from a visitor's hand.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is in the visitor's quiet patience as chipmunks approach, pause, and feed close to the camera on a rocky mountain path.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include chipmunks, an outstretched hand with nuts, rough stone steps or trail rocks, boulders, sparse mountain vegetation, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The footage carries early color 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, warm muted color, and handheld framing across quick animal movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition into wildlife encounters, family travel, national park visits, or mountain recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual visitor encounter with wild chipmunks in a Colorado mountain setting, without identifying a specific park, trail, or landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: Hands are visible and no faces or brands are apparent, but likeness, location, wildlife-use, and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Colorado chipmunks, vintage home movie wildlife feeding, mountain trail animals, and hand-feeding squirrels or chipmunks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1939 Colorado mountain footage, then broader vintage wildlife feeding or outdoor recreation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Colorado home-movie footage, a chipmunk stands on a rocky surface near a person's open hand offering nuts. — Chipmunk approaches an open hand with food on a rocky trail surface.

A chipmunk crosses uneven Colorado trail stones near a visitor's hand with nuts in this 1939 8mm frame. — Chipmunk moves beside a hand offering food on uneven stone.

A chipmunk stays close to a person's hand and scattered nuts on rough stones in the Colorado mountain setting. — A chipmunk lingers near scattered nuts and a waiting hand.

A chipmunk perches on a large rock in a rugged Colorado landscape with boulders and sparse vegetation visible behind it. — Chipmunk perches on a large rock in a rocky mountain landscape.

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