Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Birds In Enclosure At Zoo With Peacock And Crane

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

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Birds In Enclosure At Zoo With Peacock And Crane — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched day at a zoo or aviary in Saint Louis, Missouri. Through a chain-link fence, a peacock with iridescent green and blue feathers walks across a sandy enclosure, while a tall white crane stands nearby. The footage shows other birds in the background under a large arched canopy, with dappled sunlight filtering through trees. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural camera movement evoke a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American life.

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: 127732622

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 or aviary footage with birds in a mid-century American home-movie context.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, chain-link viewing barrier, sandy enclosure, and simple zoo setting support a 1964 Saint Louis home-movie context from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, looking through fencing as the camera follows birds rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock, a tall white crane-like bird, chain-link fence, sandy enclosure floor, background birds, trees, and a large arched aviary structure.
Film character: The footage has grainy 8mm texture, faded color, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short zoo cutaway, a memory beat, or a transitional insert within sequences about family outings, animals, or 1960s leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual public zoo visit and animal viewing through enclosure fencing, without visible people, signage, brands, or identifiable private property.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo or enclosure-related property permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm Saint Louis zoo footage, vintage home movie aviary birds, peacock and crane enclosure, and 1960s animal park cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Saint Louis zoo footage, and then with broader 1960s home-movie animal or leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis zoo or aviary footage shows a peacock near a tall white bird behind chain-link fencing. — A peacock crosses the enclosure while a tall white bird stands nearby behind the fence.

The visitor-shot 8mm frame shows a peacock and white crane-like bird in a Saint Louis zoo enclosure in 1964. — The peacock remains low in the frame as the white bird stands near slender trees.

A soft, overexposed 8mm frame centers on the pale bird inside the zoo enclosure, with fencing visible in front. — A close, hazy view isolates the pale bird in the enclosure.

A wider 1964 Saint Louis zoo view shows a large arched aviary structure in shade with trees and cars nearby. — The camera shifts to a shaded arched aviary structure with trees and cars beyond it.

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