Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Young Boy Observes Raccoon And Duck At Zoo

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

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Young Boy Observes Raccoon And Duck At Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a young boy in a red jacket at a zoo in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows the boy observing animals through chain-link fences, including a raccoon and a white duck with a yellow beak. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes strong nostalgia, with natural lighting and slight camera shake typical of amateur footage from the era. The clip offers a candid glimpse into mid-century family life and local recreation.

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: 125880878

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 zoo-animal footage suited to documentary cutaways about family outings, local recreation, animal enclosures, or mid-century home-movie observation.
Period detail: The chain-link animal pens, close handheld framing, and color 8mm texture may show a modest local zoo visit in Cheyenne County, Kansas in 1958.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering close to caged animals rather than staging a formal portrait or guided scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include chain-link fencing, a raccoon-like animal in shade, white ducks with yellow bills, dark enclosure backgrounds, and uneven handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, high contrast, color shift, soft focus, and slight camera shake consistent with amateur 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief animal cutaway, zoo insert, transition in a family outing sequence, or memory beat about childhood leisure.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-century recreational animal viewing, with animals seen through fencing in a small public or local zoo setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible in these frames, but copyright, location, and any property-access questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm zoo footage, Kansas home movie animals, vintage duck enclosure, raccoon cage, and mid-century family outing cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 Cheyenne County material, then broader vintage zoo, animal enclosure, and family recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Cheyenne County 8mm frame showing a raccoon-like animal partly hidden behind chain-link fencing in a shaded enclosure. — A raccoon-like animal is seen through chain-link fencing in a dark enclosure.

1958 Cheyenne County 8mm frame with a white duck near chain-link fencing and darker birds or enclosure shadows behind it. — A white duck stands near the fence while darker shapes remain in the background.

1958 Cheyenne County 8mm frame showing two white ducks behind a chain-link fence, with one duck's yellow bill open. — Two white ducks are framed tightly behind the chain-link fence.

1958 Cheyenne County 8mm frame showing a white duck near the fence with a darker bird shape behind it in the enclosure. — A white duck appears close to the fence with a darker bird in the background.

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