New York City-1971: Polar Bear Swimming in Pond with Natural Movement

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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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Polar Bear Swimming in Pond with Natural Movement — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1971 captures a polar bear swimming and wading in a pond at a zoo. The bear moves through the water with its dark fur contrasting against the light-colored, rocky enclosure. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows natural movement and splashing, with a distinct purple color cast and film grain characteristic of the era. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation and nostalgic wildlife viewing.

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: 125582001

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 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 wildlife-viewing sequences needing brief editorial 8mm footage of a polar bear moving through water.
Period detail: The frames show a rocky zoo enclosure and swimming pond with a strong purple film cast consistent with the supplied 1971 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor distance, holding on the animal's slow swimming and wading rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a polar bear, dark pond water, splashing highlights, pale artificial rock edges, shadowed enclosure walls, and thick black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, high-contrast exposure, slight softness, and a cool purple color shift that give it a distinct physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, zoo-memory insert, or quiet transition in a 1970s New York City archive sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects visitor-shot zoo observation in the early 1970s, with the animal seen inside a constructed pond-and-rock enclosure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, zoo property context, and animal-exhibit use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 New York City zoo polar bear 8mm footage, vintage home movie animal enclosure, and 1970s wildlife viewing cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 New York City zoo material, then broader vintage zoo or captive-wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York City home-movie frame showing a polar bear moving through a zoo pond beside pale artificial rock. — A polar bear swims past the front edge of a rocky pond enclosure.

1971 New York City zoo footage frame with a polar bear partly submerged in a pond, lit strongly across its back. — The bear surfaces near the ledge with its head and back above the water.

1971 New York City home-movie frame showing a polar bear wading through a zoo pond in a rocky enclosure. — The polar bear wades with its body low against the waterline.

1971 New York City zoo frame with the polar bear partly submerged near the pale front ledge of the pond. — The bear continues along the enclosure pond near the rocky foreground.

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