Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Giraffe Walking In Zoo Enclosure

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

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Giraffe Walking In Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a giraffe walking through its zoo enclosure in Saint Louis, Missouri. The animal moves slowly across a grassy area bordered by large brown rocks and lush green trees under a clear blue sky. The footage, viewed through a dark frame likely from a projector or viewer, shows natural film grain and slightly faded colors characteristic of mid-century home movies. The giraffe walks from left to right, its long neck and distinctive coat pattern clearly visible as it explores its habitat.

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: 127732298

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 documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot zoo footage of a giraffe in a mid-century animal enclosure.
Period detail: The 8mm color, rounded frame edges, visible gate weave, and muted stock color support a 1960s home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, watching the giraffe move slowly across its habitat without narration or posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe, grassy enclosure, pale walking path, large artificial rockwork, leafy trees, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, slight blur, faded color, projector-like framing, and handheld or viewer-induced instability as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, zoo cutaway, animal-life transition, or memory beat within a family travel or urban leisure sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a public zoo setting as experienced by a home-movie visitor, with the animal enclosure and viewing angle emphasized over people.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are apparent, but animal-location identification and copyright status should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Saint Louis zoo giraffe, 1960s 8mm zoo animal footage, vintage home movie giraffe walking, and archival zoo enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Saint Louis 1964 footage, then broader 1960s zoo, animal, and family travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis zoo home-movie frame showing a giraffe near large rocks, grass, trees, and a blue sky. — A giraffe stands beside rockwork and grass in a zoo enclosure.

1964 Saint Louis zoo frame with a giraffe moving near a pale path, rockwork, grass, and trees. — The giraffe walks slowly along the edge of the rock-lined habitat.

1964 Saint Louis zoo home-movie frame showing the giraffe crossing before brown rockwork and dense green trees. — The giraffe continues across the enclosure in front of the rocks.

1964 Saint Louis zoo frame with the giraffe near the right edge of a grassy habitat bordered by rocks and trees. — The giraffe reaches the right side of the grass-lined enclosure.

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