Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Footage Of Big Crocodiles In St Louis Missouri Zoo At

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Saint Louis Missouri

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Footage Of Big Crocodiles In St Louis Missouri Zoo At — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1964 captures a large crocodile resting on a concrete ledge beside murky water at the Saint Louis Missouri Zoo. The reptile's textured, scaly skin is clearly visible under natural daylight, with green foliage hanging above. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld camera feel, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and wildlife observation.

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: 127732407

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 zoo, reptile exhibit, and visitor-shot wildlife cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century zoo reptile enclosure with a concrete ledge, murky exhibit water, foliage, and 8mm color home-movie handling consistent with 1964 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the animal from a visitor viewpoint, holding on the crocodile as a casual zoo memory rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large crocodile, concrete ledge, greenish water, hanging leaves, dark enclosure shadows, and the black borders of the scanned 8mm frame.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo insert, reptile cutaway, mid-century family outing detail, or quiet observational transition.
Historical context: The scene reflects public zoo viewing of large reptiles in a concrete-and-water enclosure, with no people visible in the sampled frames.
Research note: No faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo property or location-use considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Saint Louis Zoo crocodile footage, 1960s 8mm zoo animal film, vintage reptile exhibit, and home-movie wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 Saint Louis Zoo material, then broader 1960s zoo, reptile, animal, and family outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis Zoo home-movie frame showing a large crocodile on a concrete ledge beside greenish water. — A crocodile rests near the waterline in a shaded zoo enclosure.

Large crocodile seen from a visitor-shot 8mm angle at the Saint Louis Zoo, with foliage and murky water visible. — The reptile remains still on the exhibit ledge beside the water.

Home-movie frame of a crocodile stretched along a concrete ledge in a zoo reptile enclosure in Saint Louis. — A closer frame emphasizes the crocodile's scaly body and the concrete enclosure edge.

1964 zoo footage frame showing the crocodile on a curved concrete platform beside greenish exhibit water. — The crocodile lies along the curved ledge as the water fills the lower part of the frame.

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