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Colorado USA-1939: A Cute Little Squirrel Is Sitting On A Rock Chewing On A

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Cute Little Squirrel Is Sitting On A Rock Chewing On A — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Colorado USA in 1939 captures a chipmunk perched on a sunlit rock, nibbling on a small piece of food. The animal's striped fur and alert posture are clearly visible against the earthy tones of the rocky terrain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including warm color saturation, slight grain, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This charming nature moment offers authentic wildlife footage ideal for historical or nostalgic 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
124761875

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 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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • eating
  • squirrel
  • rock
  • fun
  • outside
  • cute
  • sitting
  • chewing
  • nature
  • colorado USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Colorado USA nature
  • chipmunk eating
  • retro home movie
  • archival animal footage
  • classic Super 8
  • nostalgic wildlife
  • 1930s home movie
  • outdoor animal behavior
  • vintage nature clip
  • old film footage
  • 8mm animal footage
  • historic wildlife
  • retro wildlife
  • vintage animal
  • 1939 home movie
  • classic animal footage
  • nostalgic nature
  • vintage Super 8

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s Colorado 8mm home-movie wildlife footage suited for documentary cutaways, nature inserts, or nostalgic travel and family-reel sequences.
Period detail
The clip may show a 1939 outdoor mountain or park setting, with rocky ground, natural light, and the informal framing typical of visitor-shot home movies.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes a small chipmunk quietly eating on a rock, preserving an unstaged wildlife moment from a casual outdoor excursion.
What appears in frame
Visible details include a striped chipmunk, sunlit rock, dry soil, scattered stones, forest-edge terrain, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows warm color, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet borders that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, travel-memory insert, or gentle transition between outdoor Colorado home-movie scenes.
Historical context
The footage reflects an amateur outdoor leisure perspective, recording small wildlife at close range rather than a formal natural-history setup.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements separately.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1939 Colorado 8mm wildlife, vintage home movie chipmunk eating, Rocky Mountain travel cutaway, and 1930s nature footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with nearby reel shots, then other Colorado 1939 outdoor scenes, then related vintage wildlife or home-movie nature moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing rocky forest-edge terrain with a small bird-like animal near the foreground.
A brief establishing view of rocky outdoor ground before the closer chipmunk shots.
1939 Colorado 8mm frame of a striped chipmunk perched on a sunlit rock, eating against dry ground.
A chipmunk sits upright on a rock and nibbles food in the sunlight.
1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing a chipmunk upright on a large rock, chewing with dry ground behind it.
The chipmunk remains on the rock, holding food close to its mouth.
Close 1939 Colorado 8mm view of a striped chipmunk chewing while perched on a rock in bright light.
A closer view shows the chipmunk’s striped fur and alert posture while it chews.

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