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Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Emu In A Zoo Cage Moving Around

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  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCheyenne, Kansas, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Kansas

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Emu In A Zoo Cage Moving Around — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1958 captures an emu in a wire enclosure at a zoo in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The large flightless bird, with its dark brown feathers and distinctive blue neck, moves slowly across a grassy field, occasionally turning its head toward the camera. The footage, shot through a wire fence, shows the emu foraging and walking, with trees visible in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color and subtle camera shake are characteristic of amateur 8mm film from the late 1950s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife observation.

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
125880817

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location
Cheyenne, Kansas, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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

  • in
  • zoo
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  • American zoo history
  • 8mm film grain
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  • emu walking
  • wire fence enclosure
  • vintage 1958 footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s 8mm zoo animal footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions needing a brief visitor-view cutaway of an emu behind wire fencing.
Period detail
The clip may show mid-century zoo display conditions, with wire fencing, open grass, simple posts, and home-movie color consistent with 1958 amateur 8mm footage.
Home-movie behavior
The camera watches from outside the enclosure as the emu walks, forages, and turns toward the lens, preserving a casual visitor-shot observation rather than staged animal behavior.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an emu, wire cage fencing, grassy ground, wooden or metal posts, background trees, and a dark shelter or enclosure structure.
Film character
The footage has grainy 8mm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, mild fading, and handheld framing that give the brief animal study clear physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, zoo insert, mid-century memory beat, or transitional shot in a sequence about public wildlife displays or home-movie travel.
Historical context
The scene offers visual context for a small zoo or animal enclosure visit in Cheyenne County, Kansas, while avoiding claims beyond the visible fenced setting and supplied 1958 metadata.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or zoo property considerations separately.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1958 8mm zoo emu footage, Kansas home movie zoo animal, vintage wire enclosure bird, and mid-century amateur wildlife observation.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 material, then with other vintage zoo, animal enclosure, or home-movie wildlife clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas 8mm frame showing an emu moving left to right behind wire fencing in a grassy zoo enclosure.
An emu moves through a fenced grassy enclosure, filmed from outside the wire.
1958 Kansas zoo footage frame with the emu partly obscured by a vertical post and wire fencing as it turns near the camera.
The emu turns near the fence, with its blue neck visible through the wire grid.
1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas home-movie frame showing the emu near the wire fence, its dark body and blue neck visible in soft focus.
The bird stands close to the enclosure fence as the handheld camera holds on it.
Close 1958 Kansas zoo frame of an emu facing the camera behind square wire fencing, with grass and a dark enclosure area behind it.
A closer view shows the emu facing the camera through the square wire fence.

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