Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Home Video At Zoo Showing Wolves, A Fox And Pigs

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

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Home Video At Zoo Showing Wolves, A Fox And Pigs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a series of animals at a zoo in Saint Louis, Missouri. Through a chain-link fence, several wolves rest on the ground, their gray and white fur visible in the natural light. A fox appears in a separate enclosure, its reddish-brown coat and alert posture clearly seen. The footage also includes two young pigs rooting in a pen. The grainy, slightly faded quality and soft focus are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and family entertainment.

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: 127732516

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 editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot zoo animal footage from Saint Louis in home-movie form.
Period detail: The chain-link enclosures, simple concrete or gravel pens, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century zoo display conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes animals from outside barriers, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective rather than a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting wolves, chain-link fencing, enclosure posts, a fox behind wire mesh, pale young pigs, gravel ground, and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight fading, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned family reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for zoo visits, animal exhibits, or family leisure in the 1960s.
Historical context: The clip documents how zoo animals were casually filmed by visitors, with barriers and pens forming much of the visual context.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location use, and any institutional property concerns still require review.
Research search match: Searches for 1964 Saint Louis zoo 8mm footage, wolves in enclosure, fox behind fence, pigs in pen, or vintage zoo home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Saint Louis or 1964 home movies, then broader vintage zoo and animal enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Several wolves rest on the ground behind chain-link fencing in 1964 Saint Louis zoo home-movie footage. — Resting wolves seen through a chain-link barrier.

Wolves lie in a zoo enclosure, viewed through foreground chain-link fencing in soft 8mm color. — Wolves lying inside a fenced zoo enclosure.

A reddish fox appears behind chain-link fencing in 1964 Saint Louis zoo footage, partly softened by the mesh foreground. — Fox viewed through the mesh of its enclosure.

Two pale young pigs root at the gravel ground in a zoo pen, captured in faded 8mm home-movie color. — Young pigs rooting on gravel inside a pen.

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