Saint Louis Missouri-1964: A Cow Sighted Alone In A Thick Forest With Scattered Rocks

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Saint Louis Missouri

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A Cow Sighted Alone In A Thick Forest With Scattered Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a cow standing alone in a sun-dappled enclosure at what appears to be a zoo or wildlife park in Saint Louis, Missouri. The footage shows the animal on a gravel path surrounded by dense green trees and large rocks, with a wooden structure visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Americana and animal exhibits.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127732267

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 1616 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1964
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1960s home-movie cutaways of a zoo or wildlife-park animal enclosure in Saint Louis, suited to documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and mid-century visitor viewpoint support the 1964 home-movie dating while the visible setting remains a wooded animal enclosure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual visitor position, holding on the animal and surroundings without staged action or formal zoo signage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cow-like hoofed animal, gravel ground, dense trees, scattered rocks, dark enclosure walls, shade, and a small wooden structure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, modest color fading, uneven exposure between sun and shade, and slight handheld drift that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief animal-exhibit insert, a quiet transition, or a home-movie memory beat within a 1960s Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage may show a family visit to an animal exhibit, emphasizing mid-century leisure viewing rather than any identifiable public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but location, copyright, and any zoo or property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm Saint Louis zoo animal enclosure, vintage home movie cow, wooded wildlife park footage, and 1960s animal exhibit cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 Saint Louis material, then broader zoo, animal enclosure, and 1960s home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis home-movie frame showing a cow-like hoofed animal on gravel near trees, rocks, and a dark enclosure wall. — A cow-like animal stands alone in a sunlit patch of a wooded enclosure.

The animal is seen in profile against a wooded exhibit backdrop.

A handheld 8mm frame catches the animal partly at left, with gravel, shade, foliage, and enclosure edges visible. — The camera drifts as the animal moves partly out of frame.

The final frame shows the Saint Louis animal enclosure environment, including rocks, trees, a dark wall, and a small wooden structure. — Rocks, trees, and a small wooden structure define the enclosure setting.

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