Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Ostrich In Cage At Zoo

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

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Ostrich In Cage At Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of an ostrich behind a wire mesh fence at a zoo. The bird’s head and neck are visible, its dark eye and long beak clearly seen through the grid. The footage shows subtle movement as the ostrich shifts its head, with a blurred background of dirt and greenery. The image has a grainy, slightly faded quality typical of Super 8 film, with muted colors and soft focus. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and wildlife observation.

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: 125880999

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: Useful for 1950s archival requests needing a brief zoo or captive wildlife cutaway from amateur 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wire enclosure, soft color, and handheld 8mm texture may show a mid-century zoo viewing area, with the 1958 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds a visitor's close, observational view as the ostrich shifts behind the fence, emphasizing casual home-movie attention rather than staged animal filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an ostrich head and neck, wire mesh fencing, a horizontal fence strand, dirt ground, soft greenery, and a dark shaded background.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, muted color, soft focus, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, animal cutaway, zoo-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about mid-century family outings or captive wildlife.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for zoo animal viewing in a home-movie setting, without identifying the specific zoo grounds beyond the supplied Cheyenne County, Kansas metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location-related property considerations for their use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Kansas 8mm zoo footage, ostrich behind fence, vintage home movie animal enclosure, and mid-century wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 clips, then broader 1950s zoo or animal-observation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame showing an ostrich head and long neck viewed close behind a wire mesh zoo fence. — An ostrich peers through a wire enclosure in a close zoo view.

The ostrich turns in profile behind the fence grid.

Soft 8mm frame of the ostrich shifting near the edge of the shot, still separated by the wire enclosure. — The bird moves toward the edge of the handheld frame.

1958 Kansas zoo footage frame with the ostrich centered behind wire mesh, its beak, eye, and pale neck feathers visible. — The ostrich pauses behind the wire mesh enclosure.

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