New York City-1971: Bears Playing In Zoo Enclosure With Ball In The Water While

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 New York City

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Bears Playing In Zoo Enclosure With Ball In The Water While — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a bear in a zoo enclosure at New York City's zoo, playfully interacting with a ball in the water. The bear splashes and rolls in the shallow pool, its dark fur glistening under natural light. A spectator's head is visible in the foreground, observing the animal. The footage shows the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life and family entertainment.

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: 125581919

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: New York City, New York, 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 1970s New York City zoo or family-leisure sequences needing visitor-shot animal behavior in archival 8mm footage.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s zoo design through a concrete enclosure, shallow water area, and close visitor viewing position.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries home-movie value through its spectator viewpoint, with a visitor's head partly entering the frame while the bear plays.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bear, shallow pool water, floating or wet ball, concrete enclosure wall, pale ledges, splashes, and a spectator in the foreground.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition in a sequence about zoos, city outings, or animals in captivity.
Historical context: The scene reflects a visitor's view of zoo entertainment and animal observation in a concrete enclosure, without identifying the specific zoo from the frames alone.
Research note: A spectator is partly visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, animal footage use, and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1971 New York City zoo bear 8mm, vintage home movie bear in water, and 1970s zoo enclosure animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1971 New York City zoo material, then broader vintage zoo and animal-behavior clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York City zoo footage showing a dark bear partly submerged in shallow water near pale ledges and a concrete enclosure wall. — A bear rests or rolls in the shallow water of a concrete zoo enclosure.

1971 New York City zoo footage with a bear lowering its head toward the water in a concrete enclosure pool. — The bear bends toward the shallow pool inside the enclosure.

1971 New York City zoo footage showing a bear splashing in shallow water while a spectator's head partially enters the foreground. — A foreground visitor watches as the bear splashes near a pale ledge.

1971 New York City zoo footage with a bear standing in shallow water near a ledge while a spectator is partly visible in the foreground. — The bear stands at the water's edge as a visitor remains partly in frame.

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