San Francisco California-1957: Camels Eating Grass in Sand Enclosure Fenced by Barbwire

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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Camels Eating Grass in Sand Enclosure Fenced by Barbwire — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures two camels in a sandy enclosure at a zoo or wildlife park in San Francisco, California. One camel grazes on grass while the other rests nearby, both framed by a chain-link fence and barbed wire. The footage, viewed through a darkened window frame, shows natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century amateur film. The scene evokes a nostalgic, everyday moment from the 1950s, offering authentic archival footage of animals in 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: 127710798

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: 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: Useful for 1950s archival requests needing home-movie zoo animal footage, captive wildlife cutaways, or San Francisco-area travel context.
Period detail: The 8mm color, chain-link fencing, roadside views, utility poles, and mid-century car glimpse may show a 1957 visitor trip in or near San Francisco.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal feel of a visitor filming animals and nearby roadside scenery without staging or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include camels in a sandy fenced enclosure, grass, chain-link and barbed wire, roads, utility poles, a hillside, and a passing car.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, dense grain, saturated color, exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of amateur mid-century film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, travel insert, roadside transition, or memory beat within a 1950s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents animals in captivity and surrounding road infrastructure as seen through a casual mid-century home-movie camera.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but location, zoo property, and copyright status should be verified before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm San Francisco zoo camels, vintage home movie animals in enclosure, and mid-century California roadside footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo or travel shots, then San Francisco 1957 material, then broader 1950s captive wildlife or road footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 San Francisco-area home-movie frame showing two camels inside a sandy enclosure behind fencing. — Two camels occupy a sandy fenced enclosure, with one grazing and another resting nearby.

1957 San Francisco-area roadside view with utility poles, hillside vegetation, and a curving paved road. — A roadside view shows utility poles along a grassy slope beside a curving road.

Soft 8mm frame of a San Francisco-area roadside slope with utility poles and low vegetation. — Utility poles and wires cross a roadside hillside under a pale blue sky.

1957 home-movie roadside frame with utility poles, hillside vegetation, and a small car passing at the edge. — A car appears at the right edge of a roadside view lined with utility poles.

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