Quebec Canada-1952: Alligators At Farm With Sign Reading Alligators For Farm

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

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Alligators At Farm With Sign Reading Alligators For Farm — Clip Details

QUEBEC CANADA-1952: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a group of alligators resting on a sandy bank beside a water enclosure at an alligator farm. The grainy, color-bleached film shows several reptiles basking in the sun, with a prominent yellow sign reading 'ALLIGATORS FOR FARM' visible on a dark wall in the background. The scene, shot from a fixed perspective, has a nostalgic, archival quality with natural lighting and the characteristic look of mid-century amateur film.

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: 123332764

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: Useful for 1950s documentary or educational requests needing visitor-shot Canadian animal attraction footage with alligators in an enclosure.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, painted attraction sign, and simple enclosure layout support a mid-century roadside or farm-attraction setting in Quebec.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed visitor perspective records the animals as a travel or outing memory rather than a staged wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting alligators, a sandy bank, dark water, a low concrete edge, a dark wall, yellow painted sign text, fencing, and trees.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and exposure variation that read as original amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, location insert, travel-memory beat, or animal-attraction transition in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a public-facing alligator display or farm attraction, reflecting leisure travel and animal-exhibit viewing as seen by a home-movie camera.
Research note: Review visible sign text, possible attraction identity, and any briefly visible people separately from copyright, likeness, and property considerations.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Quebec alligator farm, vintage 8mm animal attraction, home movie reptiles in enclosure, or roadside wildlife display may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Quebec 1952 travel scenes, then broader mid-century animal attraction or roadside farm material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Quebec 8mm frame showing several alligators on a sandy bank beside dark water at an animal enclosure. — Alligators rest along the edge of a water enclosure.

Visitor-shot 8mm view of alligators basking near the waterline at a Quebec animal farm enclosure. — Alligators bask beside the enclosure pool.

1952 Quebec frame with alligators in the foreground and partial yellow alligator-farm sign text behind them. — Partial attraction signage appears behind the alligator enclosure.

Quebec 1952 8mm frame showing alligators at an enclosure with prominent yellow alligator-farm sign text. — A yellow alligator-farm sign is visible behind the resting animals.

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