Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Bear in Stone Enclosure at Zoo

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

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Bear in Stone Enclosure at Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a bear inside a stone-walled enclosure at a zoo in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The animal moves slowly behind dark metal bars, its silhouette visible against the dimly lit background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and natural lighting, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. The bear appears to vocalize or make sounds, adding to the atmosphere of a quiet, historical moment. This authentic 1950s zoo visit offers raw, unfiltered footage ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125880941

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: This 1958 8mm zoo clip helps documentary or museum editors illustrate midcentury animal displays and visitor-shot wildlife encounters in Kansas.
Period detail: The dark metal bars, stone enclosure wall, and muted color 8mm texture may show a midcentury zoo setting rather than a modern naturalistic habitat.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational patience of a home-movie zoo visit, holding on the bear as it shifts in shadow behind the enclosure bars.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bear silhouette, vertical cage bars, rough stone walls, dim interior shadows, small patches of daylight, and greenish film cast.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the physical character of the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, atmospheric insert, or transition beat for archival sequences about zoos, animals in captivity, or family travel.
Historical context: The images suggest a period zoo enclosure where the animal is viewed through bars, offering cautious visual context for changing ideas about public animal display.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location attribution, and zoo property context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Kansas zoo bear footage, 8mm bear in cage, midcentury home movie zoo animals, and archival animal enclosure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 clips, and then with broader 1950s zoo or captive wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame showing a bear partly silhouetted behind cage bars against a rough stone zoo enclosure wall. — A bear stands in shadow behind vertical metal bars inside a stone-walled enclosure.

Dim 1958 8mm zoo view in Kansas with cage bars, stonework, and the bear mostly hidden by low exposure. — The enclosure remains dark, with bars and stonework framing the bear's obscured form.

A low-light 8mm frame shows the bear as a dark shape near the bars of a stone-walled Kansas zoo enclosure. — The bear appears as a dark shape within the dim interior of the barred enclosure.

1958 Kansas home-movie frame of the bear silhouetted beside cage bars, with rough stonework visible in the light behind it. — A side silhouette of the bear is visible beside the bars, with stone wall detail behind.

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