Cincinnatti Ohio-1949: Light Brown Bear Resting And Sitting Up In Cage

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCincinnatti, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Light Brown Bear Resting And Sitting Up In Cage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a light brown bear resting on gray rocks inside a stone-walled enclosure at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio. The bear lies down, then slowly sits up and looks upward, viewed through vertical metal bars. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, observational quality typical of mid-century home movies. The setting features a rugged stone backdrop and a mesh-covered window, evoking a sense of historical animal captivity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127602357

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 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: This 1949 8mm zoo clip supports mid-century documentary requests for animal captivity, family sightseeing, or Cincinnati-area home-movie cutaways.
Period detail: The metal-barred cage, stone enclosure, and faded 8mm color may show a late-1940s zoo viewing environment rather than a staged wildlife scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the bear from a visitor viewpoint through bars, preserving an unstaged moment of zoo watching and animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light brown bear, vertical metal bars, gray rocks, stone walls, mesh-covered openings, and a divided contact-sheet frame.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for zoo visits, captivity, animal observation, or 1940s leisure context.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a bear in a barred zoo enclosure, offering cautious context for mid-century public animal display without asserting facility details beyond the metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are flagged, but copyright status, zoo property considerations, and animal welfare context may still require review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 8mm bear in zoo cage, Cincinnati Ohio home movie zoo footage, and vintage light brown bear enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1949 Cincinnati zoo material, then broader home-movie clips of animals in enclosures.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Cincinnati zoo footage shows a light brown bear resting on rocks inside a stone-walled barred enclosure. — A light brown bear rests on rocks behind vertical metal bars in a zoo enclosure.

The bear sits upright behind vertical bars in the Cincinnati zoo enclosure, with mesh panels and gray walls visible. — The bear sits up inside the barred enclosure, facing upward from behind the cage front.

A light brown bear remains seated behind zoo bars, its head lifted in a soft, grainy 1949 8mm frame. — The seated bear tilts its head upward behind the vertical bars of the enclosure.

The bear is framed through vertical metal bars, seated near gray mesh panels in the documented 1949 Cincinnati zoo setting. — The bear remains seated behind bars, with mesh-covered side panels and a gray enclosure around it.

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