Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA-1964: Exotic Animals in Outdoor Pens

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Exotic Animals in Outdoor Pens — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing exotic animals in outdoor enclosures viewed through a chain-link fence. The clip features a shaggy horned goat, an ostrich, and deer-like animals in sandy pens with small sheds and concrete structures. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic mid-century zoo or wildlife display. The footage is shot from behind the fence, offering a candid, observational perspective of the animals in their habitats.

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: 120927468

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 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip can support 1960s editorial or documentary requests for visitor-shot zoo or animal-display footage in Philadelphia, especially as a brief observational cutaway.
Period detail: The chain-link pens, simple outbuildings, faded color, and 8mm home-movie handling may show a mid-century public animal enclosure or zoo visit, consistent with the supplied 1964 Philadelphia metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a visitor pausing at fence lines to record animals from outside their enclosures without staged interaction or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horned shaggy goats or antelope-like animals, an ostrich, deer-like animals, sandy pens, chain-link fencing, small sheds, concrete posts, and sparse grass.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, dark frame edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quick insert, transition, memory beat, or contextual cutaway for mid-century zoo visits, animal exhibits, or urban leisure footage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents animals kept in fenced outdoor display pens and reflects the visitor perspective of a small wildlife or zoo enclosure rather than a formal wildlife film.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or readable signage are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or institution permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Philadelphia zoo animals 8mm, 1960s home movie animal pens, vintage ostrich enclosure footage, and mid-century chain-link zoo display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Philadelphia footage, and then broader 1960s zoo, animal enclosure, or family outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1964 Philadelphia home-movie footage, horned shaggy animals stand in a chain-link zoo or animal-display pen with sandy ground, concrete posts, trees, and a low structure in the background. — Horned animals in a fenced sandy pen.

A dark horned goat or antelope-like animal stands beside a low trough in a chain-link enclosure, with trees and sandy ground visible in the supplied Philadelphia 1964 footage. — Horned animal beside a trough.

An ostrich stands close to a chain-link fence in a sandy animal enclosure, with posts, sparse grass, and the soft grain of 1960s 8mm home-movie footage visible. — Ostrich behind chain-link fencing.

Small deer-like animals stand near a shed and fenced yard in the supplied 1964 Philadelphia animal-display footage, framed through chain-link fencing with muted 8mm color. — Deer-like animals near a shed.

Visually Similar Clips