Flathead National Forest Montana-1978: Striped Ground Squirrel Sitting Upright Beside a Charred Log

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationFlathead National Forest, Montana, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Flathead National Forest, Montana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1978 · Holland Lake & Flathead National Forest · Reel 17405875 contains 20 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

wildlife
wilderness
backpacking trip
forest fire remnants
nature observation
1970s home movies

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Sunny forest clearing in mountain backcountry with bare dirt, dry grass tufts and a charred log
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: striped ground squirrel
Objects: charred log · dry grass tufts · small stones · wood debris · bare soil
Colors: black · ochre · yellow-green · tan brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A striped ground squirrel sits upright beside a charred log, facing away from the camera.
The animal holds still while sunlight casts the log's hard shadow across the ground.
It turns its head slightly, then the shot ends.

Striped Ground Squirrel Sitting Upright Beside a Charred Log — Clip Details

Flathead National Forest, Montana, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a striped ground squirrel sitting upright on bare, sunlit ground beside a charred log. The animal is seen from behind, and its pale side stripe, reddish head and bushy tail stand out against dry grass tufts and scattered wood debris. It stays almost still for the whole shot, shifting its head only slightly. The scene is one close, near-static handheld Super 8 shot in strong sunlight with warm, saturated colour.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002565

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 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: Flathead National Forest, Montana, 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: Helps with requests for 1970s amateur wildlife footage from the Montana Rockies, useful as a short natural-history or camping-trip cutaway.
Period detail: No dated objects appear, but the warm, saturated Super 8 colour and grain fit late-1970s amateur reversal film, and the reel's title card dates the trip to August 1978.
Home-movie behavior: A camper patiently filming a small animal near camp catches it sitting calmly with its back turned, the kind of unhurried look at wildlife that home movies record.
What appears in frame: A blackened charred log fills the left foreground, with a striped ground squirrel sitting upright beside it, tufts of dry grass behind, scattered stones and wood splinters, and a hard sun shadow on bare dirt.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, rich sunlit yellows, deep crushed blacks in the log and a few small dust specks give the shot a warm, tactile reversal-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief wildlife insert or cutaway between hiking and camp scenes, or as a quiet memory beat in a family trip sequence.
Historical context: Filmed on a backpacking trip in the Flathead National Forest, which manages the largest portion of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, at a time when families were taking film cameras into the backcountry.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear, so likeness concerns are minimal, but copyright in the amateur film is a separate matter and should be licensed through the archive; public-land filming rules are not addressed here.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under ground squirrel Super 8, 1970s Montana wildlife home movie, Bob Marshall Wilderness backpacking film or charred log forest close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's frog close-up, wildflower close-ups and alpine lake valley pan, then with other circa 1978 Montana backcountry footage, then with other vintage small-mammal wildlife clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Striped ground squirrel sits upright next to a charred log in Montana backcountry, circa 1978, Super 8 home movie — A ground squirrel sits up beside a charred log at the start of the shot, Flathead National Forest, Montana, circa 1978.
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Back view of a striped ground squirrel in strong sun beside burnt timber, Montana forest clearing, circa 1978 — Seen from behind, the squirrel shows its pale side stripe and bushy tail resting on the ground.
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Ground squirrel holds still on sunlit ground by a blackened log, 1970s Super 8 wildlife shot from Montana — Midway through the shot the animal stays motionless in the sun beside the blackened log.
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Ground squirrel turns its head slightly beside a charred log, Flathead National Forest backcountry, circa 1978 — Near the end of the clip the squirrel turns its head a little while staying upright beside the log.
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