Vancouver Bc Canada-1968: Massive Polar Bear Laying On Its Stomach Inside Of Its Enclosure

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Massive Polar Bear Laying On Its Stomach Inside Of Its... — Clip Details

VANCOUVER BC CANADA-1968: A massive polar bear rests on its stomach atop a concrete platform in its zoo enclosure, its thick white fur catching the sunlight. Visitors, including a man in a light-colored shirt, observe from a distance. The scene shifts to two people standing and then sitting on a green park bench in a lush garden area, surrounded by vibrant greenery and flowers. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the nostalgic atmosphere of a 1960s zoo visit with natural film grain and warm color tones.

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: 124631410

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1126 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: parade,donner pass
Reel-level year note: 1967-1968
Reel-level location note: reno,spokane,vancouver
Date: 1968 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or museum edits needing Vancouver zoo home-movie footage of a polar bear exhibit and visitors in a landscaped public setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show late-1960s zoo design cues, including a concrete animal platform, simple visitor barriers, bench seating, and informal warm-weather clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, briefly observing the polar bear before drifting to two people pausing and sitting on a garden bench.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a polar bear on concrete, a water moat, zoo visitors, a green bench, paved paths, planted garden beds, shrubs, and strong sunlight.
Film character: The scan shows warm color, visible 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, soft focus, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for zoo visits, animal captivity, Vancouver travel, or family leisure in the 1960s.
Historical context: The footage records a public zoo visit in which visitors watch a polar bear from a distance and then spend time in a landscaped seating area.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are evident, but copyright, zoo location permissions, and animal-exhibit context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Vancouver zoo 8mm footage, polar bear enclosure home movie, 1960s Canada zoo visitors, and vintage animal captivity footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Vancouver 1968 zoo footage, then broader 1960s zoo, public garden, or animal exhibit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A polar bear rests on its stomach on a concrete zoo platform in Vancouver, with visitors visible behind the enclosure. — Polar bear stretched across a concrete platform while visitors watch from behind the exhibit.

The polar bear remains stretched across the concrete enclosure platform as zoo visitors stand behind it in the 1968 Vancouver footage. — Polar bear lying in profile on the exhibit platform with people visible beyond the enclosure.

Two visitors stand beside a green bench in a sunny landscaped area, with garden beds and shrubs behind them. — Two visitors pause by a bench in the zoo garden area after the bear enclosure shot.

Two visitors sit on a green bench in the Vancouver zoo garden area, surrounded by bright plantings and paved walkways. — Visitors sit together on a green bench in a sunlit garden area.

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