Cincinnati Ohio-1949: Cougar Paces Behind Chain-Link Fence at Zoo

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

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Cougar Paces Behind Chain-Link Fence at Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a cougar inside a chain-link fence enclosure at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio. The big cat paces and turns within its concrete-walled habitat, viewed through the diamond pattern of the fence. The footage shows natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color fade of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life and animal captivity.

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: 127602250

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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

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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: Supports 1940s editorial requests for zoo, animal captivity, and mid-century visitor-shot footage in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Period detail: The chain-link fencing, concrete habitat, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century zoo enclosure viewed from a public walkway.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor pausing at an enclosure and following a cougar through the fence with a handheld camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cougar, chain-link fencing, metal posts, concrete ground, a walkway, patches of grass, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild color fade, gate weave, and handheld framing that give it clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transitional insert, or memory beat for zoo visits, animal display, or captivity context.
Historical context: The footage documents a cougar seen through enclosure fencing, offering visual context for mid-20th-century public zoo viewing without making broader claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright status and any zoo property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1949 8mm zoo footage, Cincinnati cougar enclosure, vintage home movie big cat, and chain-link animal habitat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel zoo scenes, then Cincinnati 1949 footage, then broader vintage zoo, animal enclosure, and captivity material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A cougar stands behind chain-link fencing in a Cincinnati, Ohio zoo enclosure in 1949 home-movie footage. — Cougar seen through the fence inside a concrete zoo habitat.

The cougar turns inside the fenced Cincinnati zoo habitat, with the walkway and grass visible beyond the enclosure. — Cougar moving near the fence line of the enclosure.

A softly focused frame shows the cougar moving close to the chain-link fence in the 1949 Cincinnati zoo footage. — Motion-blurred view of the cougar near the fence.

The cougar appears near the lower right of the chain-link enclosure, filmed from outside the Cincinnati zoo habitat. — Cougar partially framed by fence posts and dark film borders.

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