Cincinnatti Ohio-1949: Filming A Male Peacock With Blue Plumage In The Zoo

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCincinnatti, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Filming A Male Peacock With Blue Plumage In The Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a peacock with vibrant blue plumage walking across a grassy enclosure at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio. The footage shows blooming trees and a woman in a green jacket strolling nearby, with a classic 1940s aesthetic evident in the clothing and film grain. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a peaceful day at the zoo, with natural light and soft focus characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127601372

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Cincinnatti, Ohio, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot 8mm zoo footage with a peacock and casual public-garden atmosphere.
Period detail: The woman's clothing, soft color palette, and home-movie framing may show late-1940s leisure dress and zoo-visit habits, consistent with the 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering on the peacock while nearby adults move through the zoo grounds without posing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue peacock, grassy enclosure, blooming trees, paths, benches, a woman in a green jacket, distant visitors, and zoo fencing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and static home-movie framing that read as period archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a zoo cutaway, springtime transition, animal insert, or quiet memory beat within a 1940s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a public zoo visit with ornamental landscaping and casual spectators, without enough visible evidence to identify a specific exhibit or institution feature.
Research note: People are visible, including at least one identifiable adult face; copyright, likeness, and any zoo-location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 8mm Cincinnati zoo peacock footage, vintage home movie zoo animals, blue peacock in grass, and 1940s public leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cincinnati or 1949 zoo material, then broader vintage home-movie clips of animals, parks, and public gardens.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 8mm frame from Cincinnati showing grassy zoo grounds with leafing trees and soft home-movie focus. — Trees and grass establish the outdoor zoo setting before the peacock is prominent.

A blue peacock stands in a grassy Cincinnati zoo enclosure beneath flowering branches in 1949 home-movie footage. — The peacock appears under a blooming tree in the grassy enclosure.

The 1949 Cincinnati zoo footage shows the peacock near a tree, with distant visitors and landscaped paths behind the enclosure. — The peacock remains in view as distant visitors pass through the zoo grounds.

A woman in a green jacket walks through the Cincinnati zoo area, with benches, trees, fencing, and birds or pale objects in the background. — A woman passes through the zoo grounds near benches and fencing.

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