Washington DC USA-1943: Afternoon At The Zoo

$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.

Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$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.

Afternoon At The Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a peacock displaying its magnificent tail feathers in a sun-drenched zoo enclosure. The scene transitions to black swans gliding gracefully across a pond, their dark plumage contrasting with the rippling water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, warm color tones, and film grain—evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife footage from a bygone era, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 123137725

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 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 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: Washington, District Of Columbia, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

animals
zoo
peacock
ducks
wildlife
afternoon
washington DC USA
1943
1943 zoo footage
vintage 8mm film
Super 8 peacock
black swans swimming
Washington DC 1943
archival wildlife
mid-century home movie
peacock display
1940s zoo
retro animal footage
historical documentary
classic film
old home movie
nostalgic wildlife
8mm home movie
vintage zoo
peacock tail
black swan
1940s Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1940s Washington, DC zoo home-movie footage showing animal displays and pond life for documentary inserts or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to zoo enclosures, a landscaped pond, and 8mm color home-movie texture consistent with the supplied 1943 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a peacock display and then following black swans across the water without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock with spread tail, sandy enclosure ground, hedges, black swans, rippling pond water, and bright shoreline edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, warm magenta color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a zoo cutaway, a quiet wildlife insert, a travel-memory beat, or a transition within a 1940s Washington sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows mid-century leisure filming at a zoo, with attention on animal behavior rather than visitors, signage, or surrounding architecture.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible in these frames, but users should still assess copyright status and any zoo/property permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1943 Washington DC zoo 8mm footage, 1940s peacock home movie, and black swans pond archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo or travel footage, then other Washington, DC material from 1943, then broader 1940s animal and public-leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Peacock with tail feathers spread in a Washington, DC zoo enclosure, from 1943 8mm home-movie footage. — A peacock fans its tail in a sunlit zoo enclosure.

Black swans glide across a zoo pond in Washington, DC, with rippled water and a pale bank visible behind them. — Black swans move across the pond near the far bank.

Two black swans cross a reflective zoo pond in 1943 Washington, DC home-movie footage. — Two swans pass through rippling water in the zoo pond.

Black swans appear at different distances on a reflective zoo pond, framed by the home-movie camera. — The camera holds on black swans spread across the pond.

Visually Similar Clips