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Colorado USA-1939: Squirrel Eating Food On Rock Then Mountain Silhouette

$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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Squirrel Eating Food On Rock Then Mountain Silhouette — Clip Details

A 1939 vintage 8mm home movie clip captures a chipmunk eating food while perched on a rock in Colorado. The small rodent, with its distinctive striped fur, nibbles intently as it sits on a sunlit stone. The scene transitions to a serene mountain silhouette against a soft, overcast sky, showcasing layered peaks in muted blues and purples. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, warm color tones, and authentic archival quality, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful moment in nature.

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
124761877

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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • squirrel
  • nature
  • animal
  • sky
  • mountain
  • cool
  • eating
  • food
  • relaxing
  • rock
  • silhouette
  • mountains
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • colorado USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 vintage 8mm film
  • Colorado wildlife
  • chipmunk eating
  • nature documentary
  • vintage home movie
  • mountain silhouette
  • archival footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • retro wildlife
  • classic animal footage
  • nostalgic nature
  • 1930s film
  • outdoor wildlife
  • mountain landscape
  • animal behavior
  • vintage film grain
  • old footage
  • historical nature
  • wildlife in 1939

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s Colorado 8mm nature footage suited to archival requests for wildlife cutaways, mountain travel atmosphere, or quiet home-movie landscape transitions.
Period detail
The frames show 8mm color home-movie material from 1939 metadata, with no visible signage, vehicles, clothing, or built details to independently date the scene.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes a small striped rodent feeding on a rock and then turns to a distant mountain silhouette, reflecting an unstaged travel or outdoor memory.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a striped chipmunk-like rodent, food held near its mouth, a sunlit rock, bare soil and leaves, dark frame edges, layered mountains, and overcast sky.
Film character
The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, a calm Colorado travel cutaway, or a transition from close natural detail to broader mountain atmosphere.
Historical context
The footage suggests recreational observation of Colorado wildlife and scenery, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific park, route, or landmark.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1939 Colorado 8mm wildlife, chipmunk eating on rock, vintage mountain silhouette, and home movie nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Colorado landscape material, then with vintage wildlife or mountain travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing a small striped rodent holding food on a sunlit rock with bare ground behind it.
A small striped rodent feeds on a rock in a close outdoor home-movie view.
1939 Colorado 8mm frame of a chipmunk-like rodent sitting upright on a rock as it eats, with soil and leaf litter behind.
The rodent remains upright on the rock, nibbling food in a steady close shot.
1939 Colorado home-movie frame with a small striped rodent feeding on a rock, framed by dark 8mm film edges.
A close view continues as the striped rodent eats on the rock surface.
1939 Colorado 8mm frame showing dark mountain ridges layered against a pale, clouded sky.
The clip shifts from wildlife detail to a distant mountain silhouette under soft cloud cover.

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