Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Tigers Walk Around The Cage

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

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Tigers Walk Around The Cage — 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

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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: 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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