Racine Wisconsin USA-1972: Polar Bear Pacing Back And Forth Inside Cage With Metal Bars

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationRacine, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Racine Wisconsin

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Polar Bear Pacing Back And Forth Inside Cage With Metal Bars — Clip Details

RACINE WISCONSIN USA-1972: A polar bear paces restlessly inside a metal-barred enclosure, its white fur visible through the cage bars. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animal's slow, deliberate movements in a vintage home movie style. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, with the bear's powerful form moving against a muted, institutional backdrop. This raw, unedited clip offers a poignant glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life.

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: 124349491

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: Racine, 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: Supports 1970s documentary or museum requests for visitor-shot zoo footage showing a polar bear confined behind metal bars in a small enclosure.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, barred animal enclosure, and metadata-supported Racine, Wisconsin 1972 setting place the clip in early 1970s amateur zoo documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational feel of a zoo visitor filming a restless animal through cage bars rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white polar bear, vertical and horizontal metal bars, dim enclosure walls, soft greenish color, dark frame edges, and handheld framing.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a cutaway, ethical context insert, transition beat, or visual evidence of historic zoo enclosure conditions.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects a period visitor encounter with a large captive animal, without proving wider zoo policy or institutional details beyond the visible cage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, archive license, and any zoo or property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1972 Racine zoo polar bear, 8mm zoo cage footage, 1970s captive animal home movie, and bear behind metal bars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Racine 1972 zoo material, then broader 1970s home-movie footage of captive animals.

Still Frames From This Clip

Polar bear seen through a barred zoo enclosure in metadata-supported Racine, Wisconsin, 1972 home-movie footage. — A polar bear is partially obscured by vertical cage bars.

Soft-focus 8mm frame of a polar bear moving behind metal bars at a Racine, Wisconsin zoo setting in 1972. — The bear appears blurred as it moves behind the cage bars.

Closer 1972 home-movie view of the polar bear's white body passing behind the barred enclosure. — The bear's torso fills the lower frame behind the bars.

The bear turns or paces in profile behind the enclosure bars.

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