Burbank California-1961: Orangutan Sitting And Staring Outside Of Its Cage At

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Orangutan Sitting And Staring Outside Of Its Cage At — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures an orangutan sitting and staring through a chain-link fence at a zoo in Burbank, California. The primate’s dark, textured fur is visible behind the diamond-patterned mesh, its gaze fixed and contemplative. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is quiet and introspective, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century animal enclosure life.

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: 127403795

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Burbank, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot zoo footage of an orangutan behind an enclosure fence.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, chain-link enclosure, and metadata-supported 1961 Burbank setting place the scene in a mid-century zoo context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a quiet visitor perspective, with the camera lingering on the orangutan through the fence rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orangutan, chain-link mesh, dark fence posts, enclosure shadows, muted greenery, and soft 8mm color.
Film character: The footage shows visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, animal-enclosure insert, or transitional memory beat in a zoo or captivity sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for a mid-century zoo visit, showing an orangutan viewed through a chain-link barrier from outside the cage.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo property or animal-welfare context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Burbank zoo orangutan footage, 8mm home movie primate cage, and vintage animal enclosure clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Burbank or 1961 zoo material, then broader vintage primate or animal-enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank zoo home-movie frame showing an orangutan sitting behind chain-link mesh and vertical cage framing. — An orangutan is seen through a chain-link zoo enclosure.

Orangutan behind a zoo cage fence in Burbank, California, with soft 8mm color and shadowed enclosure details. — The orangutan sits behind the diamond-patterned fence.

Soft, flare-affected 8mm frame of the orangutan behind chain-link fencing during the Burbank zoo visit. — A soft, flared view catches the orangutan behind the fence.

1961 home-movie frame of an orangutan seated behind chain-link mesh, with enclosure shadows and handheld framing. — The orangutan remains seated behind the chain-link barrier.

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