Washington-1964: Marmot Sitting Upright in Grassy Alpine Meadow

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Marmot Sitting Upright in Grassy Alpine Meadow — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a marmot resting in a grassy alpine meadow. The animal sits upright on a patch of green grass, surrounded by scattered evergreen trees and dry brush. The footage, framed by dark vertical borders suggesting a window view, shows natural film grain and slight motion blur typical of Super 8 home movies. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment in the wild, with soft daylight illuminating the natural landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127383127

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Washington, 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: Supports 1960s Washington wildlife or alpine-nature archive requests needing a short, quiet 8mm animal cutaway for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The visible period clues come mainly from the 8mm home-movie scan, soft color, grain, and gate borders rather than any dated object in the landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing to film a small wild animal at a distance, holding the camera steady enough to observe without staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marmot in low green grass, dry brush, uneven meadow ground, evergreen trees, dark film borders, and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, and contact-frame borders that give the animal observation clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, nature cutaway, calm transition, or brief memory beat within a travel, park, or outdoor recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century home-movie attention to wildlife and mountain scenery, with no visible people, structures, signs, or landmarks to narrow the location further.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but wildlife identification, location claims, and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed by production counsel.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Washington 8mm marmot footage, vintage alpine meadow wildlife, home movie animal cutaway, and 1960s outdoor nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Washington 1964 outdoor footage, then broader 1960s wildlife, alpine meadow, and home-movie travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a marmot upright in a grassy alpine meadow with dry brush and evergreens in the background. — A marmot rests upright in low green grass near brush and evergreen trees.

A 1964 Washington home-movie frame shows the marmot still seated in meadow grass, with brush, trees, and dark scan borders visible. — The marmot stays low in the meadow while the camera holds a distant view.

The marmot appears in a soft 8mm Washington meadow view, surrounded by green grass, brush, and evergreen trees. — A soft, grainy frame keeps the resting marmot centered in the meadow.

Final 1964 Washington frame of the marmot resting in an alpine meadow, bordered by the dark edges of the 8mm scan. — The animal remains still in the grass as the meadow and trees fill the frame.

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