Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Ducks and Waterfowl in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Ducks and Waterfowl in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a white duck and other waterfowl in an enclosure at a zoo in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows the birds behind a chain-link fence, with one duck swimming in a green-tinted pond and others standing on a concrete surface near a stone wall. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, with natural lighting and subtle camera movement. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana offers raw, unpolished footage ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125880891

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 waterfowl cutaway from mid-century Kansas travel or family-film material.
Period detail: The chain-link barrier, concrete pond edge, stone wall and faded color stock may show a modest mid-century zoo enclosure rather than a staged wildlife setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ducks and other waterfowl from a visitor viewpoint, with casual framing that suggests a family outing rather than planned natural-history filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ducks or waterfowl, green pond water, chain-link fencing, concrete paving, a stone wall, shadowed enclosure areas and a small metal pan.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, color shift toward green and blue, uneven exposure and handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, animal cutaway or quiet memory beat within a sequence about zoos, family trips or mid-century Americana.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie camera recorded captive waterfowl and simple zoo infrastructure, offering social context through the visitor's gaze.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or brands are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or property considerations for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Kansas 8mm zoo footage, vintage home movie ducks, waterfowl enclosure, chain-link pond, and mid-century animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 footage, then related zoo, animal enclosure, waterfowl or family-travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas home-movie frame showing waterfowl partly obscured by chain-link fencing beside a zoo pond. — Waterfowl are seen through chain-link fencing at the edge of the enclosure.

A duck or similar waterfowl moves through green-tinted pond water near the concrete edge of the zoo enclosure. — A waterfowl swims along the green pond edge inside the enclosure.

Green-tinted pond water fills the frame, with a dark waterfowl shape low in the shot and the enclosure edge above. — The camera lingers on the green pond water and a partly visible bird.

Several ducks or waterfowl stand on concrete beside a stone wall and metal pan in the 1958 Kansas zoo enclosure. — Ducks gather on the concrete surface beside the enclosure wall.

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