Iowa-1959: Raccoon Resting in Tree

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Raccoon Resting in Tree — Clip Details

IOWA-1959: A raccoon perches in a dark forest, its silhouette visible between two tree trunks as dappled sunlight filters through the leaves. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animal resting in a high branch, its form emerging from the shadows. The footage features natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic, intimate quality typical of mid-century home recordings. The scene evokes quiet wildlife observation in a wooded setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127421031

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: Iowa, 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: This 1959 Iowa 8mm clip suits documentary or museum requests for mid-century home-movie wildlife footage showing a raccoon resting in a tree at night or in deep shade.
Period detail: The frames offer few era clues beyond the 8mm home-movie format, with dark woodland views and no visible buildings, clothing, vehicles, signs, or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, unstaged feel of a home-movie wildlife observation, holding on a barely visible animal shape through tree trunks and leaves.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark tree trunks, dense leaves, patches of sky or light through foliage, shadowed branches, film grain, and a faint raccoon form supported by the clip metadata.
Film character: The footage shows high-contrast 8mm texture, heavy grain, dim exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that place the scene within a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, nocturnal woods insert, rural-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about Midwestern animals or family nature footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a private home-movie view of woodland wildlife in Iowa, emphasizing casual observation rather than a staged natural-history setup.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source permissions, and any location or wildlife-use requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Iowa raccoon footage, 8mm home movie wildlife in trees, dark forest animal cutaway, and vintage Midwestern woodland footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1959 Iowa home movies, and finally with vintage wildlife, forest, or nocturnal nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing shadowed tree trunks, leaves, and bright background light through dense foliage. — Shadowed tree trunks and foliage fill the opening frame.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame with a large dark tree trunk silhouetted against bright leaves in a dense wooded area. — A tree trunk stands against bright patches of foliage.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing dim branches, leaves, and scattered highlights where light passes through the wooded canopy. — Branches and leaves are barely visible in the deep shade.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame with dark trunks, dense foliage, and a faint raccoon form indicated by the clip metadata among the shadows. — The wooded scene remains dark, with the animal form difficult to distinguish.

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