Catskill New York USA-1962: Three Zebras Grazing In A Field

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

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Three Zebras Grazing In A Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures three zebras grazing in a sun-drenched enclosure. The animals, with their distinctive black and white stripes, move slowly across a dry, dusty field, their heads lowered to the sparse grass. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, offering an authentic slice of mid-century wildlife observation. The scene evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and historical charm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123752389

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm animal footage for documentary inserts, educational sequences, or nostalgic cutaways involving zebras in a small outdoor enclosure.
Period detail: The soft color, handheld framing, and physical-film grain support the 1962 home-movie context, while the enclosure itself offers few date-specific visual clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing zebras grazing without staging, narration, or close handling by people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three zebras, dry ground, sparse grass, enclosure edges, black frame borders, and slight film wear.
Film character: The footage has muted color, visible grain, soft focus, exposure variation, and handheld steadiness typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, mid-century zoo insert, transition beat, or observational memory moment.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure-era animal viewing through a home-movie camera, with zebras shown grazing in a controlled outdoor setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright and any location or animal-facility permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s 8mm zebra footage, Catskill New York animal enclosure, vintage home movie zebras, and grazing wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Catskill 1962 material, then other vintage zoo or animal-grazing home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Catskill, New York 8mm frame showing three zebras in a dry outdoor enclosure, two with heads lowered to graze. — Three zebras stand close together in a dusty enclosure, with sparse grass visible near the lower edge.

1962 Catskill, New York 8mm frame with zebras on pale dirt ground, one animal grazing while another stands partly cropped. — A zebra lowers its head toward sparse grass while another zebra stands nearby in the enclosure.

A zebra grazes in profile on sparse grass, framed closely with another zebra partly cut off at left.

The shot ends with a close profile of a grazing zebra, with another animal partly visible at the right edge.

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