Catskill New York-1957: Bear Cubs Playing and White Antelope at Zoo

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

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Bear Cubs Playing and White Antelope at Zoo — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: Two bear cubs playfully interact in a zoo enclosure with red walls and a light-colored floor, their silhouettes captured in grainy 8mm film. The cubs stand on hind legs, pawing at each other in a mock fight. The scene shifts to a white antelope-like animal in a separate outdoor enclosure, standing on a dirt path with green grass in the background. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures candid animal behavior with authentic grain and color fading, evoking mid-century Americana and zoo life.

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: 123446533

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s zoo, animal attraction, or mid-century family-travel sequences needing brief 8mm animal behavior footage.
Period detail: The red-walled enclosure, simple viewing angle, faded color, and 8mm texture support a 1957 Catskill zoo or game-farm setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches the animals from a visitor-like position, preserving casual zoo moments rather than staged wildlife photography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bear cubs in a red-walled enclosure, pale ground, dark film edges, a white antelope-like animal, dirt path, and green grass.
Film character: The clip has heavy 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, dark gate edges, and color fading consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition between family travel, roadside attraction, and zoo-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century recreational animal viewing in a small zoo or game-farm environment without showing visitors or signage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but animal venue identity and copyright status should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Catskill zoo 8mm, bear cubs playing home movie, white antelope zoo enclosure, or vintage game farm footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Catskill material, then broader 1950s zoo, game-farm, or animal-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Catskill zoo footage, two bear cubs face each other on hind legs inside a red-walled enclosure. — Two bear cubs rise on their hind legs during a playful encounter in the enclosure.

Two bear cubs appear lower to the ground in a Catskill zoo enclosure, with red wall and pale floor visible. — The bear cubs continue their interaction, crouched apart on the light-colored enclosure floor.

A white antelope-like animal stands in an outdoor Catskill zoo enclosure with dirt ground and green grass behind it. — A white antelope-like animal lowers its head while standing near the edge of a grassy enclosure.

The white antelope-like animal moves across a dirt area in the 1957 Catskill zoo footage, seen from a visitor angle. — The antelope-like animal walks through the outdoor enclosure with grass behind it.

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