Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA-1964: Zoo Showing Two Bears And A Duck

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

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Zoo Showing Two Bears And A Duck — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing two bears in a zoo enclosure behind chain-link fencing. The bears move slowly within their concrete and stone habitat, with one bear turning to face the camera. The scene transitions to a white duck spreading its wings near a pond with a rocky edge and trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century Americana.

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: 120927579

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Philadelphia zoo home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about mid-century leisure, animal exhibits, family travel, or urban recreation in the United States.
Period detail: The chain-link fencing, simple barred animal enclosure, stone-edged pond, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing may show the look of a public zoo visit in the mid-1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing briefly on zoo animals rather than staging action or presenting a formal wildlife record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bears behind chain-link and vertical bars, a concrete or stone zoo habitat, a white duck near a pond, a rocky water edge, trees, grass, and heavy film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, mild blur, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges that give it a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo cutaway, animal insert, transition from enclosed mammals to pond birds, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The images reflect a casual public-animal-viewing setting with barriers and compact habitats, framed from the point of view of a visitor with a small-gauge camera.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo property or location permissions should be reviewed separately from visible likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Philadelphia zoo 8mm footage, 1960s home movie bears in enclosure, vintage zoo duck pond, and mid-century American zoo visit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Philadelphia footage, and then with broader 1960s zoo, animal enclosure, pond, or family outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A bear stands partly obscured behind chain-link fencing and metal bars in a Philadelphia zoo enclosure from 1964 home-movie footage. — Bear behind zoo fencing.

A bear faces toward the camera from behind chain-link fencing and vertical enclosure bars in 1964 Philadelphia zoo footage. — Bear facing camera in enclosure.

A white duck spreads its wings near a stone-edged pond with grass, trees, and shadowed ground in 1964 Philadelphia zoo home-movie footage. — Duck spreading wings near pond.

A white duck stands near the edge of a small pond bordered by rocks, with trees and grass visible in the 1964 Philadelphia zoo scene. — Duck by rocky pond edge.

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