Camden New Jersey USA-1961: A Child Feeds Deer At The Zoo Through A Wire Fence

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCamden, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Camden New Jersey

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A Child Feeds Deer At The Zoo Through A Wire Fence — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a young child feeding deer at a zoo in Camden, New Jersey. Shot through a wire mesh fence, the footage shows a small hand offering food to the animals under dim, blue-tinted lighting. The low-resolution, high-grain quality and visible film scratches evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, offering a rare glimpse into a family outing from the early 1960s.

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: 123737117

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1096 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christmas,lake
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: new jersey
Date: 1961 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: Camden, New Jersey, 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 1960s family-outing or zoo-visit sequences needing real 8mm home-movie material from Camden, New Jersey.
Period detail: The dim color 8mm look, simple wire enclosure, and metadata-supported 1961 date place the scene in an early-1960s zoo visit.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor moment as a small hand offers food through the fence while deer move close to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deer behind wire mesh, a small hand holding food, a dark enclosure floor, animal shadows, and a reddish fence post.
Film character: Heavy grain, blue-tinted underexposure, handheld framing, scratches, and contact-print softness give the footage a strong physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, childhood memory beat, zoo insert, or transition within a family travel montage.
Historical context: The footage shows a close visitor-animal interaction at a zoo fence, reflecting a casual family filming perspective rather than an institutional record.
Research note: People are partly visible and likeness review may be needed, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1961 Camden New Jersey zoo, 8mm child feeding deer, vintage family zoo outing, or wire fence animal enclosure may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Camden or 1961 zoo footage, then with broader family outing and animal-feeding scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Camden zoo footage shows deer behind wire mesh as a small hand reaches in from the side. — A deer stands close to the wire fence while a visitor's hand appears at the edge.

Dim 8mm frame from the Camden zoo visit shows deer forms behind a wire mesh enclosure. — Deer remain behind the mesh fence in a dark, blue-tinted frame.

A small hand offers food through the zoo fence as a deer approaches in the 1961 Camden home movie. — Hands extend food through the fence as a deer moves in to feed.

The feeding moment continues with a deer at the wire fence and a small hand extended from the visitor side. — A deer stays close to the mesh while a hand reaches forward with food.

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