Chicago Illinois-1957: Raccoon In Zoo Enclosure With Pool Sit Outside Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Raccoon In Zoo Enclosure With Pool Sit Outside Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a raccoon in a zoo enclosure in Chicago, Illinois. Viewed through a wire mesh fence, the animal rests on a log beside a pool of water, occasionally grooming itself under bright daylight. The grainy, color-bleached footage and stone wall backdrop evoke a nostalgic mid-century zoo experience, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124936070

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 2302 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: tw ross
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: morton illinois
Date: 1957 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: Chicago, Illinois, United States 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 1950s Chicago zoo material, mid-century animal captivity context, or a brief documentary cutaway of a raccoon enclosure filmed on 8mm.
Period detail: The wire mesh barrier, stone enclosure wall, concrete pool edge, and color 8mm look may show a mid-century zoo habitat rather than a natural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching the animal from behind the fence with the casual framing and short duration typical of home-movie zoo footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a raccoon, wire mesh fence, stone wall, concrete ledge, log or platform, shaded enclosure areas, and a pool of greenish water.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, high-contrast daylight, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, animal cutaway, zoo-memory beat, or transition within sequences about childhood outings, captivity, or urban leisure.
Historical context: The view suggests a public zoo visit in Chicago in 1957, showing an animal habitat observed through fencing without visible visitors or staff.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, zoo location, and animal-enclosure property context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Search match for 1957 Chicago 8mm zoo footage, raccoon enclosure, vintage home movie animal pool, and mid-century zoo cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo or family outing shots, then other 1957 Chicago footage, then related vintage animal enclosure or urban zoo material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Chicago 8mm zoo view of a raccoon resting behind wire mesh near a concrete pool edge and stone wall. — Raccoon rests behind the enclosure fence beside the pool.

Raccoon remains near the pool edge in a fenced Chicago zoo enclosure, seen through dark wire mesh on 8mm film. — The fenced view emphasizes the pool and stone habitat around the raccoon.

Mid-century 8mm zoo footage shows the raccoon stretched near the pool, partly obscured by the foreground fence. — Raccoon lies near the enclosure pool, partly blocked by the wire fence.

The final frame shows the raccoon upright near the water inside the Chicago zoo enclosure, with stonework and fencing visible. — Raccoon sits by the water at the edge of the enclosure.

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