San Francisco California USA-1957: Woman at Pier and Lion-Tailed Monkey in Cage

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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Woman at Pier and Lion-Tailed Monkey in Cage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light-colored coat and pearl earrings smiling at the camera under a wooden pier with ocean waves crashing behind her. The scene transitions to a lion-tail monkey in a chain-link enclosure, with a sign identifying it as a Macaca silenus from Western India. The monkey is seen sitting and moving within its cage, viewed through the wire mesh. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of a mid-century zoo visit and seaside outing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122655342

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 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: San Francisco, California, 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 1950s San Francisco home-movie requests needing a brief seaside visitor moment and zoo animal cutaway for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The clip shows 1957 8mm color footage with mid-century visitor filming, a chain-link animal enclosure, and a sign identifying a lion-tail monkey.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, moving from a posed woman at the pier to handheld views of a monkey through zoo fencing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lion-tail monkey, chain-link mesh, enclosure posts, a wooden platform, a green identification sign, shadows, and planted enclosure areas.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement consistent with home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat between San Francisco travel footage and zoo or animal-observation sequences.
Historical context: The clip reflects a mid-century leisure outing that combines waterfront filming with visitor views of a caged zoo animal.
Research note: People, an animal identification sign, and zoo context require review for likeness, location, signage, and any separate copyright or property considerations.
Research search match: Searches for 1957 San Francisco 8mm home movie, vintage zoo monkey cage, lion-tail monkey enclosure, and mid-century pier visitor footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with 1957 San Francisco footage, then with mid-century zoo, animal enclosure, or seaside outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 8mm San Francisco zoo footage showing a lion-tail monkey behind chain-link mesh near a green identification sign. — Lion-tail monkey seated inside a fenced enclosure, viewed through wire mesh.

Lion-tail monkey in a chain-link enclosure, with the identifying sign visible in soft 1957 8mm footage. — The monkey remains near the enclosure sign as the camera films through the fence.

Close view of the lion-tail monkey partly obscured by chain-link fencing in the 1957 home-movie zoo sequence. — The animal moves closer to the fence, partly hidden by shadow and mesh.

Lion-tail monkey walking within a chain-link zoo enclosure, filmed handheld in the 1957 San Francisco home movie. — The monkey walks across the enclosure behind the foreground fence.

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