Lake Tahoe California-1937: Friendly Lady Casually Feeds a Tame Hungry Chipmunk

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Lake Tahoe California

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Friendly Lady Casually Feeds a Tame Hungry Chipmunk — Clip Details

A woman in a blue polka-dot dress and beige jacket gently feeds a tame chipmunk at Lake Tahoe, California, in 1937. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures a quiet, intimate moment of human-animal interaction in a natural setting. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, with the woman smiling as she offers food to the small rodent. This vintage footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life and wildlife cohabitation.

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: 127254125

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 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: Lake Tahoe, California, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a quiet Lake Tahoe visitor moment with a woman feeding a small wild animal.
Period detail: The woman's dress, jacket, soft color, and 8mm home-movie framing support a late-1930s leisure setting, with the 1937 Lake Tahoe date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-feeling gesture as the woman looks down and offers food to a tame chipmunk at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, blue polka-dot dress, beige jacket, small chipmunk, hand-held food, handbag, stone or concrete edge, and shaded outdoor background.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, dense shadows, warm faded color, visible grain, and slight handheld instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for outdoor recreation, human-animal contact, or Lake Tahoe home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal leisure filming and casual wildlife interaction, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific park, event, or landmark.
Research note: A woman's face is partly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Lake Tahoe home movie, woman feeding chipmunk, vintage wildlife interaction, and California outdoor leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1937 Lake Tahoe clips, then with 1930s outdoor recreation or wildlife-feeding scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Lake Tahoe in 1937, a woman in a beige jacket and blue polka-dot dress offers food to a chipmunk in an 8mm home-movie frame. — A woman gently feeds a chipmunk while seated outdoors.

A 1937 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame shows the woman holding food as the small chipmunk stays close beside her hands. — The chipmunk remains near the woman's hands as she feeds it.

In soft 8mm color, the woman at Lake Tahoe looks down toward the chipmunk as it feeds near her lap. — The woman watches the chipmunk during the feeding moment.

The final 1937 Lake Tahoe frame shows the woman with an open hand while the chipmunk remains close against her lap. — The feeding action winds down with the chipmunk still beside the woman.

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