Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA-1964: Children Feed Giraffe Snacks

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Pennsylvania

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Children Feed Giraffe Snacks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing a giraffe in a chain-link enclosure at a zoo. The clip captures the giraffe's long neck bending down, with visitors, including children, observing and feeding it through the fence. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, with a person in a plaid shirt visible in the foreground. The setting includes trees, a brick building, and informational signs, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American family outing.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120927345

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie zoo footage of visitors feeding a giraffe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The chain-link animal enclosure, casual visitor clothing, brick service building, and faded 8mm color support a mid-1960s public zoo setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged visitor-shot value as people stand at the fence and offer snacks while the giraffe bends its neck toward them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe behind chain-link fencing, visitors at the enclosure edge, trees, zoo signs, a brick building, a gate, and a parked vehicle in the background.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and aged color that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, family-outing memory beat, zoo cutaway, or transition within a sequence about animals, childhood, or urban leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows a mid-century American zoo visit where visitors appear close to the animal enclosure and interact with the giraffe through the fence.
Research note: People are visible and the zoo setting should be reviewed for likeness, location, and property considerations, while copyright clearance is a separate issue.
Research search match: Search matches include 1964 8mm Philadelphia zoo giraffe feeding, 1960s home movie zoo visit, vintage children feeding animal, and chain-link giraffe enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Philadelphia zoo material, then broader 1960s family outing or animal enclosure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Philadelphia zoo footage, a giraffe inside a chain-link enclosure lowers its head toward a visitor offering food from the left edge of the frame. — Giraffe reaches toward a visitor at the fence.

A giraffe stands in a fenced zoo enclosure in Philadelphia, with a partial visitor figure close to the camera and trees beyond the fence. — Giraffe behind the zoo fence.

The giraffe bends its long neck down toward visitors at the chain-link fence during a 1964 Philadelphia zoo visit captured on 8mm film. — Visitors feed the giraffe through the fence.

A giraffe moves behind a chain-link gate near posted signs, a brick building, and a parked vehicle in the Philadelphia zoo setting. — Giraffe inside the enclosure near posted signs.

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