Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Raccoon And Polar Bear 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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Raccoon And Polar Bear In Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI-1964: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a raccoon sitting on a stone surface in dappled sunlight, its masked face and bushy tail clearly visible. The scene transitions to a polar bear walking across a rocky enclosure in a dimly lit, shadowy habitat. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic vintage quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse of zoo animals from the 1960s.

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: 127732444

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, animal exhibit, and visitor-shot home-movie requests needing brief archival cutaways from Saint Louis, Missouri.
Period detail: The 8mm color, rounded frame edges, and zoo enclosure views support a 1964 home-movie context, though no signage or landmarks are visible in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational feel of a zoo visitor pausing on animals rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a raccoon on sunlit stone, a polar bear on a rocky surface, dark enclosure shadows, scattered branches, and film gate borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo insert, animal cutaway, transition between family outing scenes, or memory beat in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The frames show midcentury leisure footage of zoo animals viewed from public visitor areas, without visible visitors, signage, or institutional identifiers.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo property or location-use considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm zoo footage, Saint Louis zoo animals, raccoon home movie, polar bear enclosure, and 1960s animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Louis 1964 zoo material, then broader 1960s zoo and animal exhibit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis home-movie frame showing a raccoon seated on stone in dappled light within a zoo enclosure. — A raccoon sits on a stone surface in dappled sunlight.

1964 Saint Louis zoo footage frame with a raccoon facing the camera from a sunlit stone ledge. — The raccoon faces forward from the stone ledge.

1964 Saint Louis home-movie frame showing a polar bear walking through a rocky, shadowed zoo enclosure. — A polar bear walks across a rocky enclosure under strong contrast light.

The polar bear stands in profile on the rocky enclosure floor.

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