Washington DC-1948: Two Elephants in Zoo Enclosure

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Washington DC

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Two Elephants in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures two large elephants walking through a grassy enclosure at a zoo in Washington DC. The footage, viewed through a dark frame likely from a viewing window, shows the elephants moving slowly across the lawn with trees and a rock formation in the background. The image quality reflects classic 8mm film with soft focus, natural color tones, and subtle grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century wildlife exhibits. The elephants appear calm, with one turning slightly toward the camera, providing a rare, intimate look at zoo life in the late 1940s.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127728063

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: 1948 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: Washington, DC, 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, museum, education, or commercial edits needing visitor-shot zoo elephants in Washington, DC on 8mm home-movie film.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century zoo enclosure with open grass, mature trees, rockwork, low barriers, and a viewing-window or gate frame around the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, observing elephants at a distance through a dark foreground frame as they move slowly in the enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include elephants, grass, trees, rockwork, a shallow water edge or barrier, dark window framing, and a small sign or post.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, uneven exposure, mild grain, gate shadows, and slight instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief animal cutaway, zoo-life insert, Washington travel memory beat, or transition within a mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for how zoo animals were filmed by visitors in the late 1940s, without identifying the specific facility beyond supplied Washington, DC metadata.
Research note: No people, children, or logos are visible, but copyright, zoo property context, and any institutional restrictions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm zoo elephants, Washington DC home movie animals, vintage zoo enclosure footage, and mid-century wildlife park scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Washington, DC footage, then broader vintage zoo or elephant home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing two elephants on grass with trees behind them, viewed through a dark frame. — Two elephants stand and walk across a grassy enclosure, with trees and a dark viewing frame in the foreground.

1948 Washington, DC zoo footage frame with two elephants in a grassy enclosure, partially framed by dark vertical edges. — The elephants remain in the enclosure, one nearer the center and another farther right against the tree line.

1948 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing elephants beside rockwork, trees, and a shallow enclosure edge. — A closer view shows elephants near artificial rockwork and a water or barrier edge inside the enclosure.

1948 Washington, DC zoo frame with elephants crossing near rockwork, trees, and a partial sign at the lower right edge. — Elephants move across the foreground in front of pale rockwork, with a partial sign visible at the lower right.

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