Burbank California-1961: Gopher Sitting Upright in Natural Enclosure

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Gopher Sitting Upright in Natural Enclosure — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a gopher in a naturalistic enclosure, its light brown fur contrasting with the sandy, rocky terrain. The small mammal sits upright on its hind legs, appearing curious as it surveys its surroundings. The scene, shot through a dark frame, shows the gopher moving across the dirt, occasionally entering a burrow. Palm fronds and a distant white structure suggest a zoo or wildlife exhibit. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, archival quality from the early 1960s.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127403664

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: Burbank, California, 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: 1961 Burbank 8mm animal footage suited for editorial cutaways about zoo exhibits, small mammals, burrowing wildlife, or midcentury family visits to animal displays.
Period detail: The frames may show an early 1960s public animal enclosure, with sandy artificial terrain, palm planting, a low barrier, and a white modern structure in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, watching small burrowing mammals pause upright, look around, and move near openings in the dirt.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sandy mounds, burrow holes, small light-brown mammals, palm fronds, a dark foreground frame, a low fence, and a pale background building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and dark gate or obstruction edges that give the short observation its physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief animal cutaway, zoo-visit insert, transition into wildlife behavior, or quiet observational memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects midcentury amateur filming of animals in a managed outdoor display, without visible people, signage, or identifiable institutional branding in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any exhibit or property claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Burbank 8mm gophers, vintage home movie burrowing mammals, midcentury zoo animal enclosure, and Super 8 small wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Burbank 1961 material, then broader 1960s zoo, animal enclosure, or burrowing mammal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing a small light-brown mammal partly visible behind sandy terrain, with dark foreground framing and plants behind it. — A small burrowing mammal appears beyond a sandy ridge inside the enclosure.

1961 Burbank 8mm frame of a small burrowing mammal near sandy holes, seen through a dark foreground frame with palms and a pale structure beyond. — The animal sits near burrow openings on the sandy exhibit floor.

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing a small burrowing mammal upright on its hind legs, with sandy terrain, palms, fencing, and a pale structure behind it. — The mammal rises upright, facing across the enclosure.

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing a small light-brown burrowing mammal crossing rocky sand near a burrow opening inside the enclosure. — The animal moves over uneven dirt near one of the burrow openings.

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