Colby Wisconsin USA-1972: Pair Of Polar Bears Watch Black Bear Walk On Stone Wall

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationColby, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Pair Of Polar Bears Watch Black Bear Walk On Stone Wall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a pair of light-colored bears in a zoo enclosure, observing a black bear walking along a curved stone wall. The scene unfolds under bright daylight, with green foliage hanging above the rocky habitat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a distinct purple color cast, characteristic of 1970s home movie processing. The black bear moves deliberately across the enclosure, while the lighter bears remain in the foreground, creating a moment of quiet wildlife observation. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and family filmmaking.

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: 124349335

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Colby, Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s editorial projects needing brief zoo animal cutaways, Wisconsin home-movie footage, or archival wildlife-in-captivity atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1972 visitor-shot zoo enclosure with artificial stonework, bright daylight, leafy branches, and 8mm color rendering typical of family film scans.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual visitor perspective as the camera watches bears across an enclosure without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include light-colored bears, a black bear, curved stone walls, tiered rock ledges, overhead foliage, bright sun, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, a purple color cast, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserves the feel of a physical home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, zoo-life insert, or transition within sequences about animal displays, family outings, or 1970s leisure.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a small zoo habitat and visitor observation of captive bears, without supporting claims about the facility or animal care practices.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any property or animal-display context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1972 8mm zoo bears, Colby Wisconsin home movie animals, black bear walking stone wall, and polar bears watching enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Colby Wisconsin 1972 clips, then broader 1970s zoo, animal enclosure, or home-movie wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Colby, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing two light-colored bears partly visible in a stone zoo enclosure with foliage overhead. — Light-colored bears are seen near the edge of a stone enclosure under hanging leaves.

1972 Colby, Wisconsin home-movie frame with two pale bears in a rocky zoo habitat, framed by dark 8mm borders. — The pair of pale bears remains near the foreground of the rocky habitat.

1972 Colby, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a black bear moving along a curved stone wall in a sunlit zoo enclosure. — A black bear steps along the curved wall of the enclosure.

1972 Colby, Wisconsin home-movie frame of a black bear crossing a curved stone wall inside a rocky zoo habitat. — The black bear continues across the stone ledge within the enclosure.

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