Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida-1948: Group of Elephants Drink Water and Cool

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationRingling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida

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Group of Elephants Drink Water and Cool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this archival footage captures a group of elephants at the Ringling Brothers circus in Sarasota, Florida. The black-and-white home movie shows the massive animals gathered near a water source, drinking and cooling off under the sun. Their wrinkled skin and long trunks are clearly visible through the grainy, vintage film texture. The scene is set outdoors in a circus enclosure, with wooden barriers and a backdrop of trees. The footage has natural film scratches and slight motion blur, preserving the authentic look of a mid-century home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124604809

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: 1948 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: Ringling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, 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 1940s documentary or educational edits needing circus animal-care footage from an 8mm home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, simple wooden barrier, and metadata-supported 1948 Sarasota circus setting place the scene in a mid-century outdoor enclosure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot quality, holding on the elephants as they cluster near water rather than staging a formal performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several elephants, trunks, wrinkled skin, a low wooden barrier, bright outdoor light, trees or brush, and soft film edges.
Film character: The footage shows dense grain, scratches, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld softness typical of scanned physical 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an animal cutaway, circus-life insert, or brief observational beat within a sequence on mid-century leisure and spectacle.
Historical context: The frames show elephants gathered in an outdoor circus enclosure, offering visual context for how large animals were publicly displayed in the era.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any animal-facility or location rights should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1948 8mm circus elephants, Ringling Brothers Sarasota elephants, vintage elephants drinking water, and 1940s home movie circus footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1948 Sarasota circus material, then with broader vintage circus or elephant-care footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Sarasota circus home-movie frame showing elephants grouped behind a low barrier, with trees or brush behind them. — Elephants cluster near a low barrier in an outdoor circus enclosure.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from the Sarasota circus setting, showing elephants standing close together near water or a low enclosure edge. — Elephants stand close together, one facing forward near the right side of the frame.

1948 black-and-white home-movie frame showing multiple elephants beside a wooden barrier at the Ringling Brothers Sarasota circus location. — A line of elephants is seen behind a low wooden barrier.

Grainy 8mm frame of elephants in the 1948 Sarasota circus enclosure, centered behind a low barrier with soft exposure and scratches. — Two elephants fill the center of the frame behind the enclosure barrier.

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