New York City-1971: Brown Bear Cubs Playing in Water Near Sloping Rocks

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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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Brown Bear Cubs Playing in Water Near Sloping Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures two brown bear cubs playing in a shallow pool of water near sloping rocks. The cubs splash and nuzzle each other, with one frequently licking the other's face. The scene unfolds in a naturalistic enclosure with textured stone walls and scattered boulders, showcasing the playful behavior of young wildlife. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of personal family recordings from the era.

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: 125582058

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 New York City 8mm wildlife footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of bear cubs playing in a zoo-like rocky water enclosure.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s visitor-shot zoo footage, with no visible signage, crowds, or landmarks to identify the exact facility in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid home-movie viewpoint as the camera observes two young bears splashing, nuzzling, and licking without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two brown bear cubs, shallow dark water, splashing, sloping rocks, a textured stone wall, boulders, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, warm muted color, slight softness, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned family film reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, zoo cutaway, transition beat, or memory-detail shot within a 1970s New York home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents captive wildlife viewing from a home-movie perspective, emphasizing animal behavior and enclosure design rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but users should review copyright status and any location or animal-facility permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 New York City 8mm bears, vintage zoo bear cubs playing, brown bears in water home movie, and Super 8 wildlife enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 New York City animal or zoo footage, then broader vintage wildlife and captive-animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York City 8mm frame showing two brown bear cubs nuzzling in a rocky shallow pool. — Two bear cubs meet face to face in the water near sloped rock ledges.

1971 New York City 8mm frame of two brown bear cubs splashing together in a stone-lined pool. — The cubs splash and turn toward each other in the rocky pool.

1971 New York City 8mm frame with one bear cub leaning toward another in a shallow rocky enclosure pool. — One cub leans forward as the other watches from the waterline.

1971 New York City 8mm frame showing two brown bear cubs pausing in water within a rocky enclosure. — The cubs pause in the shallow pool, with one looking toward the camera.

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