Kansas City Missouri-1959: Flamingos on Zoo Grounds with Blue Pool

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationKansas City, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Kansas City Missouri

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Flamingos on Zoo Grounds with Blue Pool — Clip Details

A family of flamingos free-roaming on grassy zoo grounds near a blue pool, captured on 8mm film in 1959. The birds walk and stand in a naturalistic enclosure surrounded by trees and a wooden fence. In the background, a small building and a few visitors are visible, including a woman and child observing the animals. The footage has a warm, nostalgic color palette with slight film grain and natural camera movement, evoking a classic home movie feel from the late 1950s.

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: 123142413

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1959 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: Kansas City, Missouri, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s zoo, animal, and family-outing sequences needing short 8mm home-movie cutaways of flamingos on open grounds.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s zoo grounds with a low blue pool, simple fencing, mature trees, and casual visitors in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot view of roaming flamingos, with the camera observing animal movement rather than staging a formal zoo scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flamingos, grass, a blue pool, trees, fencing, a small building, and a few zoo visitors near the enclosure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that suit a mid-century family-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, memory beat, or transition within sequences about zoos, animal attractions, family travel, or 1950s leisure.
Historical context: The footage gives a brief social view of zoo visiting, where animals and spectators share the frame in an informal outdoor setting.
Research note: People are visible in the background, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1959 Kansas City zoo flamingos, 1950s 8mm zoo animals, home movie flamingo enclosure, and mid-century family zoo visit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel zoo footage, then with Kansas City 1959 family travel material, then with broader 1950s zoo and animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City zoo footage showing flamingos roaming on grass beside a blue pool with trees and a small building behind them. — Flamingos gather near the blue pool on shaded zoo grounds.

Flamingos stand and move together on Kansas City zoo grounds in 1959, with the blue pool and wooded enclosure visible behind them. — A group of flamingos stands near the pool inside the zoo enclosure.

1959 Kansas City home-movie view of flamingos near a blue zoo pool, framed by trees, fencing, and a small background structure. — Flamingos remain close to the pool as the camera holds on the enclosure.

Kansas City zoo scene from 1959 with visitors at the right edge and large birds near fencing and a small structure. — Visitors watch large birds from beside a fenced zoo area.

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