New York-1948: A Lady Feeding A Squirrel In A Park

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

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A Lady Feeding A Squirrel In A Park — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A woman in a brown coat and colorful headscarf leans toward a squirrel perched on a fence in a wooded park. The 8mm film captures the natural interaction with warm, aged color tones and visible grain, showcasing a candid moment of human-animal connection in a quiet, autumnal setting. The footage, shot on vintage Super 8, offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century life and nature.

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: 124876355

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: Useful for 1940s New York home-movie requests needing a quiet park cutaway of a woman interacting with a squirrel.
Period detail: The woman's brown coat, patterned headscarf, and muted color reversal look support a mid-century home-movie reading, with no visible landmark to narrow the park.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as a casual filmer records a woman leaning toward a squirrel on a fence in a wooded setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a brown coat, colorful headscarf, squirrel, rustic fence rail, tree trunks, brush, autumn leaves, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm aged color, visible grain, uneven exposure, soft focus, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that reinforce its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, a gentle memory beat, or a transition within a sequence about parks, everyday leisure, or urban wildlife.
Historical context: The footage shows a small public-life moment in a wooded New York park setting, emphasizing informal recreation rather than a named civic event.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-subject rights.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s New York park home movie, woman feeding squirrel 8mm, vintage urban wildlife footage, and mid-century autumn park scene may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel park scenes, then other 1948 New York outdoor footage, then broader home-movie clips of people with animals or urban nature.

Still Frames From This Clip

Faded 1948 New York home-movie frame showing a faint woman and squirrel near a fence, heavily veiled by yellow exposure. — A faded opening frame partially reveals the park scene through yellowed exposure.

1948 New York park footage shows a woman in a brown coat and colorful headscarf leaning toward a squirrel on a rustic fence. — A woman bends toward a squirrel perched along a fence in the wooded park.

1948 New York home-movie frame with the woman leaning in from the left as a squirrel remains on the fence in a wooded park. — The woman leans closer while the squirrel stays on the fence rail.

1948 New York park frame showing a woman in a headscarf turned toward a squirrel on a fence, with trees and brush behind them. — The squirrel remains on the fence as the woman watches from close range.

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