New York City-1971: Black Bear Plays With White Barrel In Water On A Sunny Day

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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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Black Bear Plays With White Barrel In Water On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

A black bear plays in a shallow stream on a sunny day in this 1971 8mm home movie from New York City. The bear interacts with a white barrel, pushing it into the water and rolling it around. The footage shows the bear splashing and submerging the barrel, with sunlight reflecting off the rippling water. The scene is captured on vintage 8mm film, showing natural grain and color shifts typical of home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125581971

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 8mm archive requests needing zoo or animal-behavior cutaways with a bear interacting with an object in water.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm color home-movie texture and a constructed rocky water setting that may indicate a zoo or animal enclosure, while no landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor-shot feel, holding on the bear as it pushes, rolls, and splashes around a white barrel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, a white barrel, shallow rippling water, sun glare, rocky banks, enclosure-like stonework, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight color shift, high-contrast sun reflections, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief animal cutaway, urban zoo insert, playful memory beat, or transition within 1970s home-movie material.
Historical context: The scene documents casual filmed attention to captive wildlife or a managed animal setting, with the bear's play behavior as the main visual action.
Research note: Rights review should separate film copyright from any location, likeness, or property issues; people are flagged in metadata but not discernible in these sampled frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1971 New York City 8mm bear footage, black bear with barrel in water, vintage zoo animal home movie, and 1970s wildlife enclosure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 New York City material, then broader 1970s animal, zoo, water, and home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York City 8mm frame showing a black bear leaning into a white barrel in shallow water near a rocky bank. — The bear braces against the barrel as sunlight catches the water.

The bear turns the white barrel in the water, with ripples and bright reflections visible in the enclosure-like setting. — The barrel tips as the bear splashes and presses it forward.

1970s 8mm frame of the bear partly submerged beside the barrel, with a rocky edge and shimmering water around it. — The bear lowers itself into the water alongside the barrel.

The bear remains low in the rippling water near the barrel, framed by dark 8mm borders and a rocky bank behind it. — The bear rests low in the water as the barrel floats beside it.

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