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Burbank California-1961: Monkey Eating Fruit in Wire Cage

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  • Year1961
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationBurbank, California, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1961 · Burbank, California, United States
  • StatusDirect License

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Monkey Eating Fruit in Wire 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

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

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Topics & Keywords

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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