San Diego California-1962: Zoo Exhibit With Statues and Waterfall

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Zoo Exhibit With Statues and Waterfall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene scene at a San Diego zoo exhibit. The footage features a sculpted diorama with indigenous-style statues seated on a rocky outcrop, overlooking a small artificial waterfall cascading into a pool below. Lush greenery and cacti frame the naturalistic setting, with a clear blue sky above. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the tranquil display.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123684440

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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: San Diego, California, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s zoo, travel, and family-film projects needing a short San Diego exhibit cutaway with sculptural display and moving water.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm framing, and visitor viewpoint support an early-1960s home-movie context, while the exhibit itself may show period zoo display design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding steadily on the zoo diorama as a casual point of interest rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rocky steps, seated human-like statues, a small waterfall, pooled water, cacti or succulents, dense greenery, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and mild exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, location cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within San Diego, zoo, or midcentury leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a visitor-facing zoo environment with sculptural theming and artificial rockwork, but the specific exhibit subject should be verified before identification.
Research note: Human review should consider copyright in sculptural artwork and any likeness issues separately from footage copyright, with no clearance guarantee implied.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s San Diego zoo exhibit, 8mm zoo waterfall, vintage California zoo diorama, and home movie zoo statues may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 clips, then zoo, landscaped exhibit, waterfall, and midcentury travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego zoo exhibit view with human-like statues on artificial rocks above a small waterfall and greenery. — Seated statues overlook a rocky zoo display with water flowing below.

Visitor-shot 1962 San Diego zoo exhibit frame showing statues, terraced rocks, greenery, and a small artificial waterfall. — A sculpted exhibit scene shows figures seated above terraced rocks and falling water.

1962 San Diego zoo footage frame with human-like statues on rockwork and a small cascade running into a lower pool. — The camera holds on the exhibit as water cascades beneath the seated figures.

End frame from a 1962 San Diego zoo exhibit shot, showing seated statues, artificial rocks, greenery, and a small waterfall. — A steady home-movie view frames the statues and waterfall within the landscaped zoo display.

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