California-1961: Young Monkey Pacing in Cage on 8mm Film

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

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Young Monkey Pacing in Cage on 8mm Film — Clip Details

A young monkey with reddish face and light fur paces inside a wire cage, its movements captured on vintage 8mm film from 1961. The footage, shot in California, shows the primate walking back and forth behind the grid, its face briefly visible through the bars. The image has the soft focus and grain typical of home movie footage, with warm tones and slight motion blur. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century animal exhibits, suitable for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127408299

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: 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: 1961 California 8mm home-movie footage of a young monkey in a cage can support documentary or educational requests for mid-century animal exhibit cutaways.
Period detail: The wire cage, soft color stock, and handheld framing may show a mid-century zoo or animal-display setting, with the 1961 California date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing the animal through cage bars rather than staging a formal wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reddish-faced monkey, pale fur, wire mesh, wooden or painted cage framing, shadowed bars, and soft interior light.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, grain, warm color shifts, slight exposure variation, and motion blur consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an animal exhibit insert, a transition into captivity or zoo material, or a brief memory beat in a 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents how a private camera recorded a caged primate display, but the frames do not identify a specific zoo, owner, or exhibit.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, though copyright status and any venue or animal-display context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 California 8mm monkey in cage, vintage home movie primate exhibit, and mid-century zoo animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1961 California clips, then related animal, zoo, or caged-exhibit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California 8mm frame showing a soft, blurred view through cage wire with the monkey partly obscured near the lower right. — The monkey is only partly visible behind the cage grid in a soft opening frame.

1961 California 8mm frame with the young monkey's reddish face and light fur visible behind the wire cage grid. — The monkey's face appears briefly behind the wire bars.

1961 California 8mm frame showing the monkey pacing behind the wire mesh, partly blocked by the cage structure. — The animal moves across the cage, partially hidden by the framing.

1961 California 8mm frame showing the cage grid and interior surface, with the monkey nearly out of view at the left edge. — The cage fills the frame as the monkey moves mostly out of sight.

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