Quebec Canada-1952: Woman Opening Window and Chimpanzee Farm Sign

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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Woman Opening Window and Chimpanzee Farm Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a patterned sundress and wide-brimmed hat opening a window shutter inside a home. The scene transitions to an exterior view of a large sign for the Chimpanzee Farm, operated by the Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation Inc., featuring a silhouette of a chimpanzee. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American or Canadian family vacation. The sequence documents a quiet moment of domestic life followed by a glimpse of a unique research facility, offering authentic archival footage for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123332556

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Quebec, Canada 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing domestic travel detail and a roadside chimpanzee research-facility sign.
Period detail: The patterned sundress, hinged window shutter, hand-painted roadside sign, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century setting in the supplied 1952 Quebec context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a woman opening a window shutter to repeated views of a sign encountered during travel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a hat, an open window shutter, a building interior, sky, trees, a roadside sign, and a chimpanzee silhouette.
Film character: The footage shows warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie camera work.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, sign cutaway, or memory beat linking domestic vacation footage with a roadside attraction or research site.
Historical context: The sign identifies a Chimpanzee Farm and Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation Inc., while the footage records it from a casual visitor viewpoint rather than an institutional record.
Research note: Human likeness and visible signage warrant review, with copyright, trademark or sign identification, and any location permissions assessed separately from footage ownership.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm Quebec home movie, woman opening window, Chimpanzee Farm sign, Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation, and roadside animal facility.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then with Quebec 1952 material, then with zoo, animal research, roadside attraction, or mid-century vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1952 Quebec home-movie context, a woman in a patterned sundress and wide-brimmed hat opens a hinged window shutter. — Woman opening a shuttered window inside a building.

Roadside sign reading Chimpanzee Farm and Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation Inc. appears against sky and trees in the supplied Quebec context. — Chimpanzee Farm sign with foundation name visible.

The Chimpanzee Farm sign fills the frame, showing the chimpanzee silhouette and Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation Inc. text. — Close view of the Chimpanzee Farm roadside sign.

Exterior 8mm frame holds on the Chimpanzee Farm sign, with the foundation name visible above low trees and open sky. — Exterior hold on the Chimpanzee Farm sign.

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