San Francisco California USA-1957: Animals Walk In A Zoo Enclosure

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

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Animals Walk In A Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Francisco, California, 1957, showing a chain-link fence enclosure with animals in a zoo setting. The clip features a raccoon and a primate in separate enclosures, with a deer or similar animal visible in a wooded area. The footage has a distinct retro quality with film grain, color fading, and slight motion blur typical of 1950s amateur film. The camera is handheld, capturing the animals in their habitats with natural lighting and a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 122655430

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: 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: Supports 1950s San Francisco zoo or family travel edits needing brief visitor-shot animal enclosure footage from 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The chain-link barriers, simple zoo paths, planted enclosure edges, and faded color 8mm look are consistent with the supplied 1957 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, with a handheld camera watching animals through fencing and across open enclosure space.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include chain-link fencing, zoo enclosure paths, trees, planted leaves, a dark water or ground area, deer-like animals, and a raccoon-like animal.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that preserve a midcentury amateur-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short zoo visit insert, animal cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1950s San Francisco sequence.
Historical context: The frames show midcentury zoo viewing conditions from a public visitor angle, with animals separated by fencing and landscaped enclosure areas.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any zoo-property or animal-display context needs.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1957 San Francisco zoo 8mm footage, vintage home movie animal enclosure, and 1950s zoo visitor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other San Francisco 1957 material, then broader 1950s zoo, animal enclosure, or family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 San Francisco 8mm frame looking through a chain-link zoo fence toward a dark enclosure area and greenery. — A chain-link fence fills the foreground of a zoo enclosure view.

1957 San Francisco zoo frame showing deer-like animals in a wooded enclosure, filmed from a visitor viewpoint on 8mm. — Deer-like animals stand and graze in a landscaped zoo enclosure.

1957 San Francisco 8mm frame with deer-like animals in a wooded zoo enclosure, seen past foreground plants. — One deer-like animal grazes while another stands farther back among trees.

1957 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a raccoon-like animal behind chain-link fencing in a dim zoo enclosure. — A raccoon-like animal is partly visible behind chain-link fencing.

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