Catskill New York USA-1962: Two Giraffes And A Hippopotamus Eat Out Of Their

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York

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Two Giraffes And A Hippopotamus Eat Out Of Their — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures two giraffes and a hippopotamus at a zoo in Catskill, New York. The footage shows the giraffes with their long necks bent down behind a wire fence, their distinctive spotted patterns visible through the mesh. A hippopotamus is seen eating from a large bowl in a dimly lit enclosure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, color fading, and a purple tint, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123752171

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
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: 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: Supports 1960s documentary or editorial requests for visitor-shot zoo animal feeding footage from Catskill, New York on 8mm film.
Period detail: The wire fencing, simple animal enclosures, soft color stock, and handheld framing may show a mid-century zoo visit as recorded by a private home-movie camera.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the animals from a visitor viewpoint, lingering on giraffes behind mesh and a hippopotamus feeding without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two giraffes, wire fencing, spotted coats, a hippopotamus, a feeding bowl, dirt enclosure ground, posts, and soft background trees.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, purple color shift, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and handheld composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, animal cutaway, zoo-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about travel, childhood outings, or captive wildlife.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a 1962 zoo visit in Catskill, showing large animals in fenced enclosures as seen through a family camera.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Catskill zoo home movie, 8mm giraffes eating, vintage hippopotamus feeding, and 1960s zoo animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Catskill zoo material, then broader vintage zoo and animal-feeding footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two giraffes stand close behind wire fencing in 1962 Catskill zoo home-movie footage, their heads lowered near the mesh. — Giraffes lean down behind a wire fence.

A giraffe with a spotted coat lowers its head behind mesh fencing in the Catskill zoo enclosure. — A giraffe bends down behind the enclosure fence.

A hippopotamus stands in a dim zoo enclosure and feeds from a round bowl in 1962 Catskill home-movie footage. — A hippopotamus feeds from a bowl on the ground.

A hippopotamus lowers its mouth toward a round feeding bowl inside a dim zoo enclosure with visible posts and dirt ground. — The hippopotamus continues eating from the bowl.

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