Quebec Canada-1952: Peacock Roaming Zoo Grounds and Monkey in Cage

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

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Peacock Roaming Zoo Grounds and Monkey in Cage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a peacock roaming freely on zoo grounds in Quebec, Canada, followed by a monkey inside a chain-link cage. The footage shows the peacock's vibrant blue and green plumage against a sandy enclosure, then shifts to the monkey moving behind the wire mesh. The grainy, warm-toned Super 8 film exhibits natural film artifacts and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unedited clip offers authentic wildlife and zoo 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: 123333597

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 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: Fills 1950s North American zoo and wildlife-in-captivity sequences for documentary, educational, or nostalgia-driven productions seeking postwar Canadian leisure footage.
Period detail: The 8mm format, warm color saturation, and simple chain-link cage construction are consistent with early 1950s North American zoo infrastructure and amateur filming practice.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor filmed animals at close range without staging, producing the intimate, unguarded proximity typical of amateur zoo day-trip footage from the era.
What appears in frame: Diamond-pattern chain-link fence, small primate moving behind wire mesh, warm amber fur tones, dark enclosure background, peacock with blue-green iridescent head and neck, green body plumage, sandy gravel enclosure floor.
Film character: Warm color saturation, visible grain, and soft diffusion through wire mesh give the footage a tactile early 8mm archival texture that reads as period-authentic rather than degraded.
Edit role: Serves as a cutaway insert within a zoo or wildlife sequence, or as a period memory beat evoking postwar family leisure culture in a nostalgia or archival documentary context.
Historical context: Public zoos in 1950s Canada commonly displayed primates and exotic birds in wire-mesh enclosures with open visitor access, which this footage reflects accurately.
Research note: No identifiable human faces or persons visible; animals are zoo specimens; institutional property rights for the zoo grounds may apply and should be verified before editorial use.
Research search match: 1950s Canadian zoo footage, vintage peacock close-up, 8mm primate cage, postwar zoo home movie, Quebec wildlife film, monkey cage archival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or Quebec 1952 home movies, then with 1950s North American zoo or wildlife-in-captivity footage, then with postwar family leisure or park sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Monkey behind chain-link cage mesh at a zoo, likely Quebec Canada circa 1952, filmed on 8mm with warm amber exposure. — Primate behind chain-link mesh, zoo enclosure, circa 1952.

Monkey moving behind chain-link cage at a zoo, circa 1952 Quebec Canada, 8mm film grain and warm exposure. — Monkey behind wire mesh, zoo enclosure, circa 1952.

Monkey at lower level of chain-link cage, 8mm home movie circa 1952, warm grain and wire mesh visible throughout. — Primate low in frame behind chain-link cage, circa 1952.

Peacock with iridescent blue-green head and neck feathers on sandy zoo enclosure ground, Quebec Canada circa 1952, 8mm film. — Peacock at close range on zoo grounds, circa 1952.

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