Burbank California-1961: Monkey Eating Fruit Inside Cage

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

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Monkey Eating Fruit Inside Cage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a brown monkey inside a wire cage at what appears to be a zoo or animal enclosure in Burbank, California. The primate sits on a dark metal bar, eating a piece of fruit with its hands, its long snout and fur clearly visible through the grid. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s. The scene is quiet and observational, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century animal care and home filmmaking.

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: 127403852

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing observational zoo or animal-enclosure footage from a home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, soft exposure, and simple wire enclosure may show mid-century zoo viewing conditions in Burbank, California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet visitor-shot quality of a home movie, watching a monkey eat without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown monkey, wire cage grid, dark metal perches, pale enclosure wall, fruit held in the hands, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Natural film grain, muted color, slight softness, and uneven home-movie exposure give the shot a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short animal cutaway, zoo insert, memory beat, or transition within broader 1960s family-travel material.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's view of a caged primate and may support discussion of changing public display and animal-care expectations.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, animal setting, and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Burbank zoo monkey footage, 8mm caged primate eating fruit, and vintage home movie animal enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Burbank or 1961 animal footage, then broader vintage zoo, wildlife, or family outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank home-movie frame showing a brown monkey inside a wire enclosure, partially obscured by cage bars. — A brown monkey sits behind the cage grid inside an animal enclosure.

Brown monkey sits on dark metal perches behind a wire grid in the Burbank animal enclosure footage. — The monkey perches inside the wire enclosure, seen through the cage grid.

1961 8mm frame of a caged monkey holding fruit to its mouth while seated on metal bars. — The monkey eats while seated on intersecting metal perches behind the wire grid.

Brown monkey eats from its hands inside a wire enclosure, with metal perches crossing the foreground. — A close visitor-shot view catches the monkey eating inside the cage.

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