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Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Tiger Paces in Chain-Link Enclosure at Zoo

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

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Tiger Paces in Chain-Link Enclosure at Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a tiger pacing inside a chain-link enclosure at a zoo in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage, viewed through the blue-tinted diamond pattern of the fence, shows the animal moving slowly across the concrete floor, its striped coat visible in the grainy, nostalgic light. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation, with the tiger’s deliberate movements and the textured backdrop of the cage walls. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century zoo life, preserved in classic Super 8 film quality with natural film grain and color shifts.

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
125880867

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
  • couple
  • tigers
  • moving
  • cage
  • walk
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • cheyenne county kansas
  • 1958
  • 1958 zoo footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • tiger in cage
  • Super 8 home movie
  • animal enclosure
  • chain-link fence
  • archival footage
  • classic film
  • wildlife documentary
  • retro zoo
  • 1950s home movie
  • animal behavior
  • vintage animal footage
  • nostalgic film
  • old film
  • 8mm footage
  • zoo history
  • animal captivity
  • vintage wildlife

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s zoo, animal captivity, and mid-century leisure cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail
The chain-link enclosure, concrete floor, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show a modest mid-century zoo viewing area in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the tiger through the fence without staging, narration, or visible human interaction.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a pacing tiger, blue-tinted chain-link fencing, concrete enclosure walls, metal cage mesh, shadows, and soft 8mm film grain.
Film character
The footage has visible film grain, slight color shift, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original 1958 8mm home movie.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short animal cutaway, zoo insert, captivity reference, or quiet observational memory beat.
Historical context
The scene offers visual context for a mid-century zoo enclosure, with the animal viewed through a barrier rather than in an open habitat.
Research note
No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and property context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1958 8mm zoo footage, tiger in cage, mid-century Kansas home movie, chain-link animal enclosure, and vintage wildlife captivity.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 material, then other vintage zoo or caged animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tiger stands close behind chain-link fencing in 1958 8mm home-movie footage from Cheyenne County, Kansas.
Close view of a tiger behind the blue-toned chain-link fence.
A tiger moves along a concrete zoo enclosure behind layered chain-link fencing in the Kansas home-movie clip.
Tiger walking across the enclosure behind multiple fence layers.
The tiger appears farther back in the enclosure, partly softened by foreground fence and 8mm grain.
Distant view of the tiger through the foreground fence pattern.
The tiger continues pacing near the back wall of the fenced zoo enclosure in the short 1958 clip.
Tiger pacing along the enclosure wall behind the fence.

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