Minnesota USA-1965: Pheasant Pecking in Snow with Squirrel Foraging

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Minnesota

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Pheasant Pecking in Snow with Squirrel Foraging — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1965: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a pheasant pecking at the snowy ground, its dark plumage contrasting with the white snow. A small squirrel appears in the frame, foraging nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, a slightly faded color palette, and the characteristic look of mid-century home recordings. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife behavior during a winter day, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

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: 125311949

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 1030 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,winter carnival,water tower bicycles
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,minnesota
Date: 1965 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: Minnesota, 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: 1960s Minnesota home-movie wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts about winter animals, backyard nature, or mid-century amateur filming.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1965 winter outdoor scene, with no visible landmarks or built features beyond snowy ground and the film's mid-century 8mm color texture.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie quality, observing wildlife from a fixed or lightly handheld vantage point as the animals forage in snow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pheasant-like bird on snow, a small dark squirrel or similar animal, pale winter ground, soft shadows, frame edges, and film dust.
Film character: The scan shows visible 8mm grain, faded color, low contrast, gate edges, and small dust marks that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet winter wildlife cutaway, a rural memory beat, or a transition into scenes about animals in cold weather.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of outdoor wildlife in a snowy Minnesota setting without supporting broader claims about habitat, season, or ownership.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Minnesota 8mm wildlife, pheasant in snow home movie, squirrel foraging winter footage, and vintage backyard nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1965 Minnesota material, then broader 1960s winter wildlife or home-movie animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a dark pheasant-like bird on snow with a small animal shape lower in the frame. — A pheasant-like bird stands on snowy ground while a small dark animal shape appears nearby.

1965 Minnesota home-movie frame with a pheasant-like bird on snow and a small dark foraging animal below it. — The bird remains on the snow as a smaller animal appears lower in the shot.

The pheasant-like bird is seen in profile against the pale snow.

1965 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a small squirrel-like animal foraging in snow near a darker out-of-focus vertical form. — A small squirrel-like animal forages in the snow near the edge of the frame.

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