Catskill New York-1957: Two Black Bear Cubs Playing And Wrestling In The Snow

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Two Black Bear Cubs Playing And Wrestling In The Snow — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: Two black bear cubs playfully wrestle and tumble in a snowy enclosure at the Hammonasset Dansbury Fair Catskill Game Farm. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the cubs' energetic movements against a red wall, their dark fur contrasting with the white snow. The grainy, vintage quality and warm color tones evoke a nostalgic 1950s home movie feel, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123446517

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$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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 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: Catskill, New York, United States 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 archival requests needing animal-life footage, zoo or game-farm cutaways, or short home-movie inserts of bear cubs in winter.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, simple enclosure, red wall, and snow surface support the supplied 1957 Catskill Game Farm context without adding visible signage or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing the cubs' play from outside the enclosure without staged handling or human presence in frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two black bear cubs, packed snow, a red enclosure wall, dark frame edges, soft shadows, and a small wall opening or ledge.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, warm color shift, uneven exposure, and rounded frame edges consistent with scanned mid-century 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief animal cutaway, winter transition, playful memory beat, or visual insert within a 1950s travel or wildlife sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents captive bear cubs in a snowy public animal enclosure, reflecting a mid-century visitor perspective rather than wild behavior.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, venue history, and any property or animal-welfare context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm bear cubs, Catskill Game Farm animals, black bears playing in snow, vintage zoo footage, and home-movie wildlife cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1957 Catskill or Catskill Game Farm footage, then broader vintage zoo, winter animal, or bear-cub scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1957 Catskill Game Farm footage, two black bear cubs stand close together on snow against a red enclosure wall. — Two bear cubs approach each other on the snowy enclosure floor.

Two black bear cubs play close together on the snowy floor of the Catskill Game Farm enclosure, with no people visible. — The cubs press together as their play turns into a light wrestle.

In the 1957 Catskill Game Farm scene, the bear cubs grapple on snow while the red enclosure wall fills the background. — The cubs wrestle low to the ground on the snow.

Two black bear cubs stand on their hind legs facing each other in the snowy Catskill Game Farm enclosure. — The cubs rise onto their hind legs during play.

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