Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Brown Bear in Chain-Link Zoo Enclosure

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

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Brown Bear in Chain-Link Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a brown bear inside a chain-link enclosure at an animal park in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows the bear moving behind the fence, its furry form visible through the diamond-patterned mesh. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with the grainy texture and color shifts typical of Super 8 film. The bear appears restless, pacing within its confined space, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century zoo life. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and historical observation, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 125880836

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief zoo or animal-park cutaway of a bear behind a chain-link enclosure.
Period detail: The chain-link fencing, simple pipe posts and handheld color 8mm texture may show a mid-century animal-park viewing area.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching the bear from outside the enclosure without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown bear, chain-link mesh, metal posts, gate hardware, shadowed ground and bright outdoor daylight.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure and slight color shift consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, animal-park cutaway, captivity detail or memory beat within a mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for roadside or local animal attractions and how visitors viewed confined wildlife in the 1950s.
Research note: No people, logos or readable signs are visible, but animal-park property context and copyright licensing should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Kansas 8mm bear enclosure, vintage animal park footage and brown bear behind chain-link fence.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 material, then broader vintage zoo or captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame showing a brown bear partially visible behind chain-link fencing at an animal enclosure. — A bear stands behind the diamond-patterned fence of an outdoor enclosure.

Brown bear seen through chain-link mesh and vertical metal posts in a Cheyenne County, Kansas animal-park enclosure. — The bear is visible through fencing and pipe supports inside the enclosure.

Close, grainy 8mm view of the bear's fur and the chain-link enclosure structure in daylight. — The animal moves close to the fence, with its fur and the mesh filling the frame.

A brown bear remains partly shadowed behind chain-link fencing and metal gate posts in the 1958 Kansas animal-park footage. — The bear recedes into shadow behind the enclosure fencing and gate structure.

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