New York-1948: Man Communes With Squirrel And Woman Bends Over To Feed One From

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

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Man Communes With Squirrel And Woman Bends Over To Feed... — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored coat leans toward a chain-link fence in a wooded area, observing a squirrel perched on the barrier. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1948, captures a quiet moment of human-animal interaction in New York. A woman bends down nearby, appearing to feed the squirrel. The footage exhibits warm, faded color tones and natural film grain, with a slightly overexposed yellow tint in some frames. The handheld camera follows the subjects with subtle movement, preserving the authentic feel of a vintage home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124876349

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 suited to archival requests for everyday park or zoo-like human-animal encounters and quiet urban leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The light coats, 8mm color stock, chain-link barrier, and wooded setting may show a late-1940s public outdoor animal area rather than an identifiable landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged attention of two adults leaning toward a squirrel, with the camera preserving a brief private observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man in a pale coat, a woman bending near the fence, a squirrel on or beside the barrier, chain-link fencing, trees, bushes, and warm fall-like color.
Film character: The clip has warm faded 8mm color, visible grain, contact-sheet density changes, handheld framing, and yellow overexposure that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for city nature, public outings, animal feeding, or 1940s leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual human-animal interaction in a wooded New York setting without supporting claims about a specific park, institution, or event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright, location, and animal-feeding context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1948 New York 8mm squirrel footage, vintage home movie animal feeding, 1940s people at fence, and archival city wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1948 New York outdoor footage, then broader 1940s home movies of animals, parks, and informal leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 New York home-movie footage, a man in a pale coat leans toward a squirrel near a chain-link fence among trees. — A man leans close to a squirrel at a fence in a wooded outdoor setting.

A yellow-tinted 1948 New York frame shows a woman bending near a fence, with a squirrel faintly visible at the right. — A woman bends near the fence as a squirrel appears through the overexposed frame.

The 8mm frame shows a woman bending by a chain-link fence in a wooded New York setting, partly obscured by warm exposure shifts. — The woman remains bent near the fence, with details softened by the film exposure.

A faded 1948 New York frame shows the woman still bent near the fence, with a squirrel faintly visible through the yellow exposure. — A squirrel is faintly visible near the right side as the woman bends by the fence.

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