Kansas City Missouri-1959: Monkey Moves Behind Bars in Cage

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

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Monkey Moves Behind Bars in Cage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a primate, likely a monkey, inside a metal cage at what appears to be a barn or animal enclosure in Kansas City, Missouri. The footage shows the animal moving restlessly behind the bars, its dark eyes visible through the grid, with dim, purplish lighting casting deep shadows. The grainy, low-light quality of the Super 8 film gives it an authentic, nostalgic feel, with flickering light sources visible in the background. This raw, unedited archival clip offers a poignant glimpse into mid-century animal display practices.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123142743

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s archival requests needing a brief animal-display or zoo-enclosure cutaway from U.S. home-movie footage.
Period detail: The metal cage, dim enclosure lighting, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century visitor setting, with Kansas City and 1959 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on the animal through bars, suggesting an informal visitor-shot reaction to a confined primate rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a primate behind metal bars, wire mesh, a pale wall or enclosure surface, dark shadows, and small bright window-like light sources.
Film character: The clip has heavy grain, low-light exposure, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, and handheld framing typical of aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, ethical-context cutaway, memory beat, or transition into material about animal display or captivity.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects a home-movie encounter with a caged animal, without enough detail to identify the facility or exact animal species.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, animal facility context, location verification, and property permissions may still need review.
Research search match: Research matches include 1959 8mm monkey in cage, Kansas City animal enclosure home movie, caged primate archival footage, and mid-century zoo cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family or animal footage, then Kansas City 1959 material, then broader 1950s zoo or animal-enclosure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A likely monkey is seen close behind metal cage bars in dim 1959 Kansas City home-movie footage. — A caged primate appears in shadow behind vertical bars.

The caged animal turns near the bars, with its face and shoulder visible in low-light 8mm footage. — The animal shifts near the front of the cage, partly obscured by the bars.

The primate moves sideways inside the cage, its body partly silhouetted.

The final frame shows the animal mostly in shadow behind bars, with only parts of its face and body visible. — The caged animal recedes into shadow as the bars dominate the frame.

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