Colby Wisconsin USA-1972: A Hippo Swimming In A Pool Behind Bars At A Zoo

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

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A Hippo Swimming In A Pool Behind Bars At A Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a hippo swimming in a green-tinted pool at a zoo in Colby, Wisconsin. Viewed through dark vertical bars, the animal moves through the water, creating ripples and splashes. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality with faded colors and a slightly overexposed look, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation from a visitor's perspective.

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: 124349359

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 documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot zoo footage of a hippopotamus viewed through enclosure bars.
Period detail: The faded color, 8mm framing, and simple zoo pool setting support the 1972 home-movie context, with no visible signage or landmarks to further identify the site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a zoo visitor filming from behind a barrier as the hippo moves and splashes in the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark vertical bars, a green-tinted pool, concrete pool edges, rippling water, a pale wall, and the hippo partly submerged.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, slight exposure unevenness, faded blue-green color, and handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, animal-behavior insert, zoo-visit memory beat, or transition within a 1970s family travel sequence.
Historical context: The view reflects a visitor perspective on a zoo enclosure in the early 1970s, with the animal separated from the camera by visible metal bars.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo or animal-enclosure property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm zoo footage, hippo swimming behind bars, vintage Wisconsin zoo home movie, and 1970s animal enclosure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Colby, Wisconsin 1972 zoo material, then broader vintage zoo or animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm zoo footage in Colby, Wisconsin showing a green pool and vertical enclosure bars before the hippo surfaces clearly. — A zoo pool is filmed through vertical bars, with green water and concrete edges visible.

Visitor-shot 1972 zoo view in Colby, Wisconsin, looking through bars at a green pool where the hippo is mostly below the surface. — The camera looks through enclosure bars toward a quiet green pool with slight surface movement.

A hippo breaks the surface in a green zoo pool, filmed through dark vertical bars on 8mm in Colby, Wisconsin in 1972. — The hippo surfaces and splashes in the pool while the enclosure bars remain in the foreground.

The hippo is more visible as it splashes in the green zoo pool, with vertical bars between the camera and animal. — A partly submerged hippo churns the water behind the foreground bars of the enclosure.

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