Colby Wisconsin USA-1972: Image Of Hippopotamus In Zoo On Day Of Visit Of The

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

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Image Of Hippopotamus In Zoo On Day Of Visit Of The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a hippopotamus in a zoo enclosure in Colby, Wisconsin. The clip opens with a wide view of the large animal standing on dry land near a rocky backdrop, then transitions to scenes viewed through dark bars, showing the hippo partially submerged and moving through murky green water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, handheld quality, offering a rare glimpse of a zoo visit from the early 1970s.

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: 124349353

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$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

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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: 1970s 8mm zoo-visit footage for documentary, education, or museum projects needing a brief archival view of a hippopotamus in captivity.
Period detail: The faded color, gate edges, and visitor viewpoint through enclosure bars may show the look of an early 1970s amateur zoo film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the unstaged value of a visitor pausing on a zoo animal, first on land and then through bars at the water tank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hippopotamus, rocky enclosure wall, green water, black railings, concrete ledge, dark frame edges, and soft outdoor light.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo insert, animal cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1970s public leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual zoo encounter from a visitor perspective, with the animal shown behind barriers and partly submerged in its enclosure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any zoo property or location permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1972 8mm zoo hippopotamus, Colby Wisconsin home movie animal enclosure, and vintage hippo in water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Colby Wisconsin 1972 material, then broader 1970s zoo and public outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm zoo footage from Colby, Wisconsin, showing a hippopotamus on dry ground beside a rocky backdrop. — A hippopotamus stands on land inside a zoo enclosure near a rocky wall.

Dim 1972 8mm view through zoo bars toward green water, with the hippopotamus barely visible in the tank. — The camera looks through dark enclosure bars toward the water area.

1972 Colby, Wisconsin zoo footage showing a hippopotamus swimming behind black bars in green enclosure water. — A hippopotamus moves through the water behind the enclosure railing.

Visitor-shot 1972 8mm frame of a hippopotamus partly submerged near black bars in a zoo water enclosure. — The hippopotamus surfaces near the railing in the murky green water.

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