New York-1948: Older Woman Feeding A Brave And Friendly Squirrel Right Out Of

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Older Woman Feeding A Brave And Friendly Squirrel Right... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1948 captures a woman in a brown coat and patterned scarf bending down on a city street, feeding a squirrel. The footage shows the woman extending her hand as the animal approaches. The clip begins with blank frames, transitions through a yellow-tinted exposure, and resolves into a clearer scene with autumn leaves on the pavement. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and color fading, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124876336

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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1940s New York home-movie footage for productions needing a brief urban animal-feeding cutaway or everyday street-life insert.
Period detail: The woman's coat, patterned scarf, paved street, and scattered autumn leaves may show late-1940s city dress and seasonal street conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged moment of an older woman bending close to feed a squirrel from her hand.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older woman in a brown coat, patterned head scarf, paved sidewalk or street, scattered leaves, a small squirrel, film borders, and uneven exposure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries warm yellow exposure shifts, grain, scratches, frame edges, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, transitional insert, or gentle city-life detail within a 1940s New York sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers small-scale social context around casual human interaction with urban wildlife, without identifying the exact street or people shown.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status remains separate from appearance permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 New York 8mm home movie, older woman feeding squirrel, urban wildlife street scene, and vintage autumn sidewalk footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1948 street footage, then broader home-movie clips of people feeding animals.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yellow-tinted 1948 New York home-movie frame showing a woman bent toward the pavement near a squirrel, partly obscured by exposure fade. — A faded opening frame shows the woman bending down as the squirrel appears near the pavement.

1948 New York home-movie frame with an older woman in a coat and patterned scarf bending over on pavement with autumn leaves nearby. — The woman leans down on the paved street or sidewalk as leaves sit around her feet.

Warm yellow 8mm frame from the New York clip showing the woman bending close to the pavement as autumn leaves remain visible around her. — The exposure remains warm and faded as the woman continues bending toward the ground.

Clearer 1948 New York frame showing an older woman in a brown coat and scarf bending toward a squirrel on a leaf-strewn paved surface. — The final frame resolves into a clearer view of the woman leaning toward the squirrel on the pavement.

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