Hicksville New York-1957: Zebra Grazing and Peacock Strutting at Wildlife Sanctuary

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Zebra Grazing and Peacock Strutting at Wildlife Sanctuary — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a zebra grazing near a pond and a peacock strutting through a sun-dappled enclosure at a wildlife sanctuary in Hicksville, New York. The footage features naturalistic animal behavior, with the zebra lowering its head to feed and the peacock displaying its iridescent blue and green plumage. The scene is framed by a classic 8mm film border, with visible grain and warm color tones characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip offers authentic, nostalgic footage of zoo animals in a serene outdoor setting.

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: 123449012

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 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: Hicksville, 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 home-movie requests needing brief wildlife sanctuary or zoo-animal cutaways for documentary, education, or period montage use.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, rounded frame edges, and casual outdoor animal views support a mid-1950s home-movie context in Hicksville, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing animals from outside their enclosures without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grazing zebra, peacock, pond, rocks, trees, sunlit ground, enclosure shadows, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated blue-green color, and handheld framing typical of mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition beat, or visual texture for mid-century family outing sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual postwar family-visit perspective on captive wildlife, with animals viewed in landscaped outdoor enclosures.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and property or animal-facility identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm wildlife sanctuary footage, Hicksville New York zoo animals, zebra grazing, peacock strutting, and vintage family travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Hicksville 1957 material, then other 1950s zoo, sanctuary, or family travel animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 8mm frame from Hicksville, New York, showing a zebra lowering its head to graze beside a small pond in a wildlife enclosure. — A zebra grazes beside a pond in a shaded sanctuary enclosure.

1957 Hicksville wildlife sanctuary view of a peacock moving through a sunlit enclosure with rocks, trees, and pale ground behind it. — A peacock moves through a rocky, sun-dappled animal enclosure.

The peacock stands in profile with blue-green plumage visible.

The final 1957 Hicksville frame shows a peacock from behind, its blue body and green tail feathers framed by trees and bright ground. — A peacock turns away, showing rounded body and tail feathers.

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