New York USA-1939: Elephant Waving Trunk Behind Chain-Link Fence

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Elephant Waving Trunk Behind Chain-Link Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures an elephant in a zoo enclosure behind a chain-link fence. The black-and-white footage shows the elephant standing and slowly waving its trunk up and down, its large ears and textured skin visible through the mesh. The scene is framed by the fence, with trees and metal bars in the background, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era, offering a rare glimpse of early 20th-century zoo life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123041531

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York zoo-life requests needing a brief editorial cutaway of an elephant in an enclosure filmed on 8mm home-movie stock.
Period detail: The metal zoo bars, chain-link foreground and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s visitor-filmed animal enclosure view, with New York and 1939 taken from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor pausing at a fence as the elephant faces camera and moves its trunk slowly within the enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elephant, chain-link fence, vertical metal bars, shaded enclosure space, trees or foliage, and bright patches beyond the railing.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, pronounced grain, contrasty black-and-white exposure and slight contact-print variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, zoo insert, transition between urban leisure scenes, or a reflective memory beat about captive wildlife.
Historical context: The scene documents a period zoo viewing setup from the visitor side of a fence without showing identifiable people or signage in the supplied frames.
Research note: No people, brands or music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any institutional or location permissions separately from visible likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1939 New York zoo elephant 8mm, vintage home movie elephant behind fence, and 1930s zoo animal enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York zoo footage, then broader 1930s animal enclosure or visitor-shot wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

An elephant faces forward behind chain-link fencing and metal zoo bars in 1939 New York home-movie footage. — Elephant seen through chain-link fence and enclosure bars.

The elephant raises or waves its trunk behind chain-link fencing in a New York zoo enclosure, based on supplied 1939 metadata. — Elephant trunk movement visible through the fence mesh.

A close visitor-side view shows the elephant centered behind chain-link fence and railings in archival 8mm footage. — Centered view of the elephant behind the zoo fence.

The elephant faces the camera through chain-link mesh, with zoo enclosure bars and foliage behind it in the 1939 New York clip. — Elephant faces forward as the fence frames the view.

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