Colorado USA-1959: Kangaroo In Fenced Zoo Enclosure

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Kangaroo In Fenced Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a kangaroo in a fenced enclosure at a zoo in Colorado. The animal moves slowly across a gravel yard, viewed through a chain-link fence with a dark building and roof in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color grading with a distinct purple tint and film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife exhibits. The scene is quiet and observational, with no people visible, focusing solely on the kangaroo's calm movements.

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: 124936756

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 1704 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1959 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Colorado, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado zoo footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief animal enclosure cutaway from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The chain-link enclosure, low zoo building, gravel yard, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century visitor views of captive wildlife display.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor-shot feel, holding on the kangaroo's slow movement rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a kangaroo, chain-link fencing, gravel ground, a dark low building, roofline, sparse plants, and heavy film borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows grain, dust specks, gate edges, uneven exposure, and a purple color shift that give the scan clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, animal insert, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about zoos, travel, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents a zoo animal seen through fencing, reflecting a visitor perspective on captive wildlife without showing guests or staff.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property concerns separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm zoo kangaroo, Colorado home movie animal enclosure, and vintage fenced wildlife exhibit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Colorado 1959 zoo scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie animal or wildlife enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Colorado 1959 home-movie frame with a purple cast, film dust, and part of a chain-link zoo enclosure at the right edge. — A partial, purple-tinted frame shows the edge of the fenced enclosure and visible 8mm film artifacts.

A kangaroo moves across a gravel zoo enclosure in Colorado, 1959, seen through chain-link fencing with a low dark building behind it. — The kangaroo crosses the gravel yard behind a chain-link fence, with a low zoo structure in the background.

The kangaroo appears low to the gravel in the fenced Colorado zoo enclosure, framed by chain-link mesh and 8mm film edges. — The animal lowers its body near the gravel while the fence pattern fills the foreground.

A kangaroo pauses in a chain-link fenced enclosure in Colorado, 1959, with gravel, plants, and a dark low building visible behind it. — The kangaroo pauses inside the enclosure, viewed through the fence from a visitor's position.

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