Utah USA-1939: Man Checking To See If The Porcupine Was Dead Or Injured

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Utah

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Man Checking To See If The Porcupine Was Dead Or Injured — Clip Details

A man in a green shirt and brown pants kneels on a muddy, debris-strewn ground, gently touching a motionless porcupine with quills raised. The 8mm home movie footage from 1939 captures a quiet, somber moment as the man checks the animal's condition. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip shows natural lighting and authentic film grain, conveying a sense of historical documentation and quiet concern for wildlife. The scene is set outdoors, likely in a rural or natural area in Utah, with the man's careful interaction suggesting a moment of compassion or curiosity.

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: 124763332

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: Utah, 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 Utah home-movie wildlife footage for productions needing a brief, somber human-animal encounter or rural outdoor cutaway.
Period detail: The visible clothing, 8mm color home-movie texture, and muddy open ground may show a late-1930s rural or roadside setting in Utah.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged moment as an adult kneels close and cautiously touches a motionless porcupine to check its condition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a kneeling adult, raised porcupine quills, muddy ground, scattered debris, a hand reaching toward the animal, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and contact-print edge darkness that give it clear home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, wildlife concern cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about rural travel, animals, or human curiosity.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday outdoor observation of wildlife, with no visible signage or landmark confirming a more specific location beyond the supplied Utah metadata.
Research note: A person is partly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from subject permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Utah 8mm porcupine, vintage home movie injured animal, man checking wildlife, and 1930s rural animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1939 Utah outdoor scenes, then with vintage wildlife or human-animal encounter material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing a hand near a motionless porcupine with raised quills on muddy ground. — A hand approaches the porcupine as it lies still on wet, debris-strewn ground.

1939 Utah home-movie frame with a porcupine lying still as an adult hand reaches in from the edge. — The porcupine remains still while the adult's hand stays close to its body.

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing a kneeling adult in a green shirt and brown pants touching the porcupine cautiously. — The kneeling adult leans down and gently checks the porcupine.

1939 Utah home-movie frame showing the porcupine curled and motionless on muddy, debris-strewn ground. — The porcupine fills the frame, its quills raised as it lies on the mud.

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