Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Deer Eats Grass Greedily in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Deer Eats Grass Greedily in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a deer grazing in a grassy enclosure at a zoo. The animal, with its distinctive white rump and brown coat, bends down to eat the grass greedily. The scene is framed through a wire fence, with a stone wall and wooden posts visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana feel. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife footage from a bygone era.

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: 125880969

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: Supports requests for 1950s 8mm zoo or wildlife cutaways for documentary, educational, or period home-movie sequences.
Period detail: The wire fencing, simple posts, and muted color home-movie stock may show a mid-century zoo enclosure rather than a natural wildlife setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing to film an animal grazing, with no staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grazing deer, grass, wire fencing, wooden posts, a low wall or barrier, and soft enclosure background shapes.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, green-blue color drift, mild blur, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: It can serve as a short zoo-visit insert, wildlife cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s home-movie edit.
Historical context: The scene shows captive wildlife filmed from a visitor viewpoint, reflecting everyday recreational filming rather than formal natural-history coverage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status, zoo/property context, and species or location identification may need review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm zoo deer grazing, Kansas home movie wildlife, fenced animal enclosure, and vintage captive deer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel animal or zoo shots, then Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 footage, then broader 1950s home-movie wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1958 Kansas home-movie frame, a deer is partly obscured by wire fencing while standing in grass near enclosure posts. — A deer is partially hidden behind wire fencing at the edge of a grassy zoo enclosure.

The deer lowers its head to graze in a fenced zoo enclosure, with posts and a low wall visible in the background. — The deer bends to feed on grass inside the fenced enclosure.

A deer with a pale rump patch grazes in the grass, framed by a low barrier and fence within the zoo enclosure. — The deer continues grazing with its head low near the enclosure wall.

The deer remains head-down in the grassy enclosure, with wire fencing, posts, and a muted wall behind it. — The animal grazes near the fence line as the handheld home-movie frame holds steady.

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