Catskill New York USA-1959: Giraffe's Head Bending Down Behind Wire Fence

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Giraffe's Head Bending Down Behind Wire Fence — Clip Details

A close-up 8mm home movie shot from 1959 captures a giraffe's head and neck as it bends down behind a wire mesh fence. The footage, shot in the Catskill region of New York, shows the animal's distinctive spotted pattern against a backdrop of leafy trees. The camera remains steady, focusing on the giraffe's movement through the enclosure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, slight color shift toward purple and blue, and visible grain. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a zoo or wildlife exhibit from the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123619189

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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 a brief zoo or wildlife-park animal cutaway from visitor-shot 8mm footage.
Period detail: The wire enclosure, leafy outdoor setting, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s animal exhibit in Catskill, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's close-range viewpoint, watching the giraffe lower its head behind fencing without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe head and neck, spotted coat, wire mesh fence, vertical enclosure supports, leafy trees, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and a purple-blue color shift typical of aged 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal insert, zoo cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within mid-century leisure footage.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a mid-century public animal-viewing environment, with the giraffe seen through fencing rather than in open habitat.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Catskill 8mm giraffe footage, vintage zoo enclosure, home movie animal exhibit, and close-up giraffe behind fence.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Catskill 1959 footage, then other vintage zoo or wildlife-exhibit animal clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Catskill 8mm frame showing a giraffe's head and spotted neck behind wire enclosure fencing. — A giraffe raises its head behind the enclosure fence, with leafy trees behind it.

Close 1959 Catskill home-movie frame of a giraffe's face partly obscured by wire mesh fencing. — The giraffe's face fills the frame as it stands behind crossing enclosure wires.

1959 Catskill 8mm frame showing the giraffe lowering its head and neck behind a wire fence. — The giraffe bends down along the fence line, its patterned neck partly blocked by wires.

1959 Catskill frame of a giraffe bending behind wire mesh, with fencing and enclosure structure visible. — The giraffe remains low behind the mesh fence, framed by enclosure wires and dark film edges.

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