San Francisco California-1957: Woman at Pier and Zoo Monkey

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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Woman at Pier and Zoo Monkey — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light-colored coat and patterned bow tie smiling under a wooden pier with ocean waves crashing behind her. The scene transitions to a lion-tail monkey in a chain-link enclosure at a zoo, with a visible sign identifying the animal and its origin. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1950s Americana atmosphere. The sequence blends personal beachside moments with archival animal footage, offering authentic historical context for documentaries, editorial projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127710636

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 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: San Francisco, California, 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: 1950s San Francisco home-movie footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing a beach visitor moment followed by zoo animal cutaways.
Period detail: The woman's coat, bow tie, wooden pier structure, chain-link zoo cage, and hand-lettered animal sign may show mid-century leisure and visitor spaces.
Home-movie behavior: The woman smiles toward the camera near the surf, giving the clip an informal family-travel perspective before shifting to a visitor's view of a caged monkey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman under a pier, ocean waves, wooden pilings, a chain-link zoo enclosure, a lion-tail monkey, an animal identification sign, and sunlit cage walls.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, travel insert, zoo cutaway, or transition between personal beach footage and animal exhibit material.
Historical context: The clip visually links private vacation filming with public zoo visitation, reflecting how a home-movie camera recorded both family presence and attractions.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and visible zoo signage require likeness, location, and trademark review; copyright status is separate from these clearance questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 San Francisco 8mm home movie, woman at pier, ocean under pier, vintage zoo cage, and lion-tail monkey footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1957 footage, then broader 1950s beach, travel, zoo, and animal-enclosure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 San Francisco home-movie footage, a woman in a light coat stands under a wooden pier as surf rolls in behind her. — Woman smiling beneath a pier with breaking waves in the background.

A woman in a light-colored coat faces the camera under a San Francisco pier, with ocean surf and wooden supports visible behind her. — Woman under the pier as surf breaks beyond the pilings.

A lion-tail monkey sits behind chain-link fencing in a zoo enclosure, with a sign naming the animal and origin below. — Lion-tail monkey in a chain-link zoo enclosure with an identification sign.

A dark monkey moves within a chain-link zoo enclosure, partly silhouetted against sunlit fencing and vegetation. — Monkey inside a fenced zoo enclosure, partly obscured by shadow and chain-link.

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