Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Wolverine Walks and Raccoon Grooms in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Wolverine Walks and Raccoon Grooms in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a wolverine walking through a rocky enclosure at the Saint Louis Zoo. The animal moves across a sun-dappled concrete floor, its thick brown fur and distinctive facial markings visible under natural light. The footage transitions to a raccoon sitting calmly on a stone surface, its masked face and bushy tail clearly shown as it grooms itself. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, 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: 127732434

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm zoo animal footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing mid-century wildlife observation in a public enclosure.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century zoo setting with concrete paths, rockwork, animal enclosures, and the soft color response typical of 1960s amateur 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, lingering on animals at rest and in movement rather than staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wolverine, a raccoon, rocky enclosure walls, concrete flooring, sun patches, grooming behavior, film-frame borders, and soft-focus color grain.
Film character: The scan shows handheld 8mm texture with visible grain, slight fade, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that supports its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or quiet transition for zoo visits, animal observation, childhood outings, or 1960s public leisure sequences.
Historical context: The imagery reflects visitor observation of captive wildlife in a zoo enclosure, with no people visible and no readable signs or institutional branding in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, zoo property context, and species identification before final clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Saint Louis Zoo 8mm footage, vintage zoo raccoon grooming, wolverine enclosure home movie, and 1960s animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Saint Louis or 1964 zoo material, then broader vintage animal enclosure and public leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis Zoo 8mm frame showing a wolverine moving across a concrete floor beside artificial rockwork. — A wolverine crosses a sunlit enclosure floor near rocky walls.

A raccoon sits calmly on a stone surface with its masked face visible.

The raccoon remains seated in profile on the enclosure floor.

1964 Saint Louis Zoo 8mm frame showing a raccoon seated and grooming on a concrete surface in the enclosure. — A raccoon grooms itself while sitting on the concrete enclosure floor.

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