Washington DC-1948: Elephants and Zoo Visitors in Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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Elephants and Zoo Visitors in Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a visit to a zoo in Washington DC. The footage shows a rocky enclosure with a person walking through the exhibit, followed by a wider view of elephants in a grassy habitat near a water feature. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American family outing. The naturalistic setting includes trees, rock formations, and open spaces, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century wildlife displays.

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: 127728662

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing Washington DC zoo footage with elephants, animal enclosures, and visitor-shot home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 1948 8mm metadata and visible zoo enclosure, formal visitor clothing, and faded color may show a mid-century public zoo visit.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor viewpoint, watching animals and a person moving through the exhibit from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include elephants, a rocky zoo enclosure, grass, a water feature, trees, a pathway or pale ground, and distant visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, color fading, visible grain, handheld framing, and slight motion blur typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, animal cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about family outings, zoos, or urban leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents how a visitor recorded zoo animals and enclosures in Washington DC without making broader claims about the institution or exhibit history.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, archive license, and any location or animal-display concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1948 8mm zoo footage, Washington DC elephants, vintage home movie zoo visit, and mid-century animal enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel zoo or family outing shots, then Washington DC 1948 material, then broader vintage zoo and elephant footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Washington DC zoo footage showing a rocky enclosure with pale ground, water, trees, and a distant small animal or figure. — A distant view into a rocky zoo enclosure with water and pale ground.

Visitor-shot 8mm frame from a Washington DC zoo visit, showing a rocky enclosure, trees, water, and a distant animal or figure. — Rock formations and water frame a distant subject inside the zoo exhibit.

1948 Washington DC zoo frame showing several elephants in a grassy enclosure near a water feature, with distant visitors visible. — Elephants and visitors appear across a grassy zoo habitat near water.

Faded 8mm frame of elephants in a Washington DC zoo enclosure, with distant visitors, trees, rockwork, grass, and a water feature. — A wider zoo view shows elephants near visitors and a dark water feature.

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