Catskill New York USA-1959: The Lonely Giraffe Is Tired And Tries To Remove The Fence

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

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The Lonely Giraffe Is Tired And Tries To Remove The Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a giraffe behind chain-link fencing at what appears to be a Catskill, New York zoo or animal exhibit. The footage shows the giraffe’s head and neck moving slowly, its spotted coat visible through the wires, with a wooden building in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, observational tone. The animal appears calm and still, evoking a sense of quiet solitude. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s-era 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: 123619207

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 requests needing 1950s 8mm zoo or animal-exhibit footage as a quiet documentary cutaway or period home-movie insert.
Period detail: The chain-link enclosure, simple wooden building, and visitor-distance framing may show a mid-century public animal exhibit in Catskill, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, watching a giraffe linger and move slowly behind fencing without narration or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe head and neck, chain-link fencing, dark enclosure posts, a pale wooden wall, shadowed edges, and soft film blur.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, blue-purple color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld softness that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an animal cutaway, reflective transition, memory beat, or brief insert about zoos, captivity, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for how a home-movie camera observed a zoo animal through enclosure fencing rather than staging a formal wildlife scene.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright, location, animal-exhibit context, and property issues still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm giraffe footage, Catskill New York zoo home movie, vintage animal enclosure, and mid-century zoo cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Catskill 1959 material, then other vintage zoo, animal enclosure, or quiet observation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Catskill, New York home-movie frame showing a giraffe partly obscured by chain-link fencing beside a pale wooden structure. — A giraffe stands close to a chain-link enclosure, its head and neck framed by dark posts and a wooden wall.

Giraffe in a Catskill, New York animal enclosure, filmed through chain-link fencing on 8mm home-movie stock in 1959. — The giraffe remains partly hidden by the fence as its spotted neck fills the center of the frame.

A giraffe lowers its head behind wire fencing in 1959 Catskill, New York archival home-movie footage. — The animal’s head dips behind the fence, with the enclosure wires and pale wall dominating the view.

Close home-movie view of a giraffe behind a chain-link zoo fence in Catskill, New York, with heavy grain and color shift. — The giraffe’s head and spotted neck appear close behind the fence as the film frame darkens at the edges.

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