Quebec Canada-1952: Chimpanzee Chained to Post at Zoo

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

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Chimpanzee Chained to Post at Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a chimpanzee in captivity at a zoo in Quebec, Canada. The dark, grainy footage shows the primate chained to a post within an enclosure, its silhouette visible against a green-tinted wall. The animal moves slowly, appearing restrained and subdued. The film's aged quality, with visible grain and soft focus, evokes a sense of historical documentation and archival footage from the early 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: 123332586

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 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

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 Quebec zoo or animal-captivity sequences needing brief 8mm home-movie evidence of a restrained chimpanzee being observed or fed.
Period detail: The 1952 date is supported by metadata, while the visible scene shows a simple zoo enclosure with chain restraint, painted wall surfaces, and dark home-movie exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing the animal through dim light and partial obstruction rather than presenting a staged wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chimpanzee silhouette, metal chain, enclosure wall, shadowed foreground bars or frame edges, and a pale feeding stick or rail near the animal.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, greenish color cast, soft focus, low exposure, and uneven frame registration that read as physical mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, ethical-history insert, captivity detail, or somber transition within zoo, animal welfare, or travel-memory sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a mid-century zoo visit perspective in which a chimpanzee appears restrained inside an enclosure, without enough visual evidence to identify the facility.
Research note: Review for animal-welfare sensitivity and any incidental visitor likenesses flagged in the clip metadata; copyright, likeness, property, and venue permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 Quebec 8mm zoo footage, chained chimpanzee home movie, captive primate archival clip, and vintage animal enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1952 Quebec zoo footage, then with broader mid-century captive-animal or zoo-visit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark 1952 Quebec zoo frame showing a chimpanzee silhouette near a wall and chain inside a shadowed enclosure. — A chimpanzee is barely visible in a dark enclosure, with a chain crossing the wall behind it.

1952 Quebec zoo view of a restrained chimpanzee beside a green wall, with a chain and pale stick visible nearby. — The chimpanzee stands in profile near a chain, with a pale stick or feeding object entering the frame.

The 1952 Quebec home movie shows the chimpanzee leaning forward in a dim enclosure as a chain runs across the wall. — The chimpanzee bends forward near the wall, partially obscured by darkness and film exposure.

A final 1952 Quebec zoo frame shows the chimpanzee as a dark form against a textured green wall inside the enclosure. — The chimpanzee remains in shadow beside the enclosure wall, with film grain and low exposure obscuring detail.

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