Burbank California-1961: Chimpanzee Moving Within Chain-Link Cage

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Chimpanzee Moving Within Chain-Link Cage — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A chimpanzee moves within its chain-link enclosure, its dark form visible through the mesh as it climbs and shifts in the sunlight. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the primate's natural behavior in a zoo setting, with green foliage and structural elements in the background. The grainy, slightly blurred quality and warm color tones reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century animal exhibits.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127403834

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$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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s editorial requests for zoo animal footage, especially inserts showing a chimpanzee behind chain-link fencing in a mid-century home-movie record.
Period detail: The 8mm color texture, chain-link enclosure, painted posts, and leafy outdoor setting align with the supplied 1961 Burbank zoo metadata without adding visible landmark claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing the animal through fencing as it climbs and shifts rather than staging behavior for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chimpanzee, chain-link mesh, painted enclosure posts, horizontal rails, tree limbs, green foliage, patches of sky, and soft film edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie character through soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and warm daylight color.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transitional animal exhibit insert, or memory beat within sequences about zoos, primates, or family visits in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The frames show a chimpanzee viewed through a cage in an outdoor zoo-like enclosure, reflecting documented captive-animal display rather than wild habitat footage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, zoo property, and animal exhibit context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Burbank zoo 8mm, chimpanzee cage home movie, 1960s primate enclosure, and vintage animal exhibit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Burbank 1961 zoo material, then broader 1960s zoo or primate enclosure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A chimpanzee appears behind chain-link mesh in the supplied 1961 Burbank zoo footage, with trees and enclosure rails in soft focus. — Chimpanzee seen through chain-link fencing in an outdoor enclosure.

In the 1961 Burbank zoo clip, the chimpanzee moves near mesh fencing and white-painted structure with foliage behind it. — Chimpanzee moving within the fenced enclosure.

A darker view of the chimpanzee appears through chain-link fencing, with white-painted enclosure structure and foliage in the background. — Chimpanzee partly obscured by mesh and enclosure supports.

The chimpanzee shifts behind the cage mesh in the 1961 Burbank footage, with rails, branches, and foliage softened by motion and film grain. — Motion-blurred chimpanzee behind chain-link fencing.

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