Washington DC-1948: Bears And Deer In Zoo Enclosure

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Bears And Deer In Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a group of bears in a zoo enclosure, likely at the National Zoo in Washington DC. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows several black bears moving across a rocky, tiered landscape with a stone wall backdrop. The scene transitions to deer in a dimly lit area, suggesting evening or indoor viewing. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, film grain, and a nostalgic, archival quality. This footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century zoo life and animal behavior, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127728242

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, District Of Columbia, 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: 1940s 8mm zoo footage for editors needing a brief animal-enclosure insert, educational cutaway, or mid-century family-travel reference.
Period detail: The clip may show a Washington DC zoo visit in 1948, with rocky animal enclosures, low visitor barriers, and handheld color home-movie framing as period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing bears and deer from outside enclosures without staged action or presenter-led interpretation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black bears on a rocky ledge, a stone wall backdrop, a posted sign, deer in shade, enclosure ground, and strong film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and brief handheld reframing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo-life insert, animal cutaway, transition from family travel scenes, or quiet memory beat in a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The visuals suggest mid-century public zoo viewing, with animals seen in built rocky habitats rather than natural wilderness.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or institutional property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 8mm zoo animals, Washington DC home movie zoo, black bears enclosure footage, and vintage deer at zoo.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Washington DC 1948 material, then broader 1940s zoo, animal, and family-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 home-movie frame likely in Washington DC showing bears on a rocky zoo enclosure floor with a stone wall backdrop. — Bears move through a rocky zoo enclosure beside a tiered stone wall.

Likely Washington DC zoo frame from 1948 showing bears partly visible below a rocky enclosure and a posted sign nearby. — A posted sign stands near the rocky bear enclosure as animals pass low in frame.

1948 home-movie frame showing deer in a shaded zoo area, with soft focus and darkened exposure. — Deer stand in a dim enclosure area as the film exposure drops.

Likely Washington DC 1948 zoo frame showing a deer lowering its head in a dark, grainy enclosure view. — A deer lowers its head in the shaded enclosure during the final seconds.

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