Wisconsin USA-1954: A Monkey Crawling Into A Cave

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Monkey Crawling Into A Cave — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, in 1954, showing a small monkey crawling across a rocky, ridged terrain. The primate moves from the right side of the frame toward a dark cave entrance on the left, its shadow cast sharply on the sunlit stone surface. The scene is captured in grainy, warm-toned Super 8 film with natural lighting and a handheld camera feel. The animal’s fur appears brown and textured, and the rugged rock formations dominate the background. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a natural setting, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120766744

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 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1954 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: Wisconsin, 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: 1950s Wisconsin 8mm animal footage for editors needing a brief zoo or rocky-habitat primate cutaway with a home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century amateur color-film texture, but the visible rockwork and animal enclosure provide limited date clues beyond the supplied 1954 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged visitor-shot observation of a small monkey moving across a rock-textured enclosure toward a dark opening.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small monkey, ridged artificial-looking rock surfaces, dark cave-like openings, sharp sunlight, cast shadows, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal insert, nature cutaway, zoo visit detail, or transitional beat within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show a public animal display or zoo-style habitat, though the frames do not identify a specific facility or location within Wisconsin.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, animal-location identification, and any property or facility rights should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1954 Wisconsin 8mm monkey footage, vintage home movie primate on rocks, small monkey entering cave opening, and mid-century zoo animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1954 home-movie material, then related 1950s zoo, animal, rock enclosure, or primate footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small monkey moves across ridged rockwork near a dark cave-like opening in 1954 Wisconsin home-movie footage. — Monkey crossing rockwork near a dark opening.

A small monkey appears near the right edge of a layered rock enclosure with dark recesses in the background. — Monkey beside layered rockwork.

The monkey walks along the lower part of the frame below ridged rockwork, with a dark opening at the left. — Monkey walking below the rock ledge.

A dark cave-like opening dominates the rocky enclosure as the small monkey is partly visible near the bottom edge. — Monkey partly visible below a dark opening.

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