Kansas City Missouri-1959: An Elephant Plays In The Sand

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

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An Elephant Plays In The Sand — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures an elephant in a zoo enclosure in Kansas City, Missouri. The elephant walks slowly behind a metal railing, its large form moving across a sandy, rocky area. The footage has a distinct greenish tint and visible film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The animal appears calm, occasionally lowering its head near the ground. The setting includes stone walls and a simple fence, reflecting mid-century zoo design. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a past era of animal exhibits.

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: 123144881

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 zoo, animal exhibit, and mid-century home-movie requests needing a brief elephant cutaway from Kansas City, Missouri.
Period detail: The metal railing, stone enclosure wall, sandy ground, and visitor-like angle may show mid-century zoo display design in the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a visitor filming patiently as the elephant moves slowly behind the barrier and lowers its head near the ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elephant, metal railings, sandy enclosure floor, stone walls, dark film borders, and green-tinted 8mm frames.
Film character: The scan shows strong green color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for zoo visits, animal captivity, childhood outings, or 1950s leisure footage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents an elephant in a contained zoo setting, reflecting how animal exhibits could appear in family-shot footage of the period.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo property or institutional permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Kansas City zoo elephant footage, vintage 8mm animal enclosure, home movie elephant behind railing, and mid-century zoo exhibit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kansas City or 1959 zoo material, then broader vintage animal, wildlife, and family outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing an elephant behind metal railings in a sandy zoo enclosure with stone walls. — An elephant moves behind railings inside a sandy zoo enclosure.

1959 Kansas City zoo footage frame with an elephant partly side-on behind a metal barrier and stone wall. — The elephant pauses or walks slowly behind the enclosure railing.

1959 Kansas City 8mm frame showing an elephant with its head lowered near sandy ground behind the zoo railing. — The elephant lowers its head toward the sandy enclosure floor.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame with a side view of an elephant behind railings in a stone-walled zoo enclosure. — A side view shows the elephant moving along the fenced enclosure.

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