Catskill Game Farm New York-1959: Black Bear Rearing Up Against Chain-Link Inside a Domed Cage

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill Game Farm, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Catskill Game Farm, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1959 · Catskill Game Farm · Reel 8dc3913c contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

zoo visit
captive wildlife
animal behavior
family outing
mid-century leisure
roadside attractions
summer vacation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Zoo animal enclosure of chain-link fencing with a curved mesh roof, wooden fence and trees beyond
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright daylight filtered through mesh, with the animal in near-silhouette
People: 3 · A few small, distant, unidentifiable visitors beyond the wooden fence in the opening frames
Animals: black bear
Objects: chain-link fence · domed mesh roof · fence post · wooden fence
Colors: violet · slate blue · dark brown · muted green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The bear stands upright with forelegs raised against the chain-link, with visitors small in the distance.
It stretches up beside a vertical fence post under the domed mesh roof.
The bear turns slightly, its muzzle catching the light.
It rears up again with both paws lifted high against the wire.

Black Bear Rearing Up Against Chain-Link Inside a Domed Cage — Clip Details

Catskill Game Farm, New York, circa 1959 home movie footage of a black bear inside a chain-link enclosure with a curved mesh roof. The animal stands upright with both forelegs raised against the wire, shifts beside a fence post, then rears up again with its paws lifted high. A wooden fence and a few small, distant visitors show beyond the cage at the start. It is filmed handheld through the wire on 8mm in one continuous shot with a slight pan and tilt.

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: 800000765

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Catskill Game Farm, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for late-1950s American zoo or roadside-attraction footage, giving a short animal moment for documentaries on Catskills tourism, zoo history or family leisure.
Period detail: The violet-shifted colour stock and the chain-link cage with a curved mesh roof may show late-1950s zoo design, though the frame itself carries no dated object.
Home-movie behavior: A family visitor holds the camera at the wire and follows the bear as it rears up, recording the moment a zoo animal caught a visitor's attention.
What appears in frame: A black bear upright on its hind legs, raised forepaws on the chain-link, a vertical fence post, a curved mesh roof, a wooden fence and a few distant visitors.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour drifting toward violet and blue, with soft foreground wire, a bright roof and gentle handheld motion that give it an authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief animal insert or cutaway within a zoo-visit sequence, or as a memory beat in a montage of 1950s family outings.
Historical context: Catskill Game Farm was a privately owned zoo in Catskill, New York, opened in 1933 and closed in 2006, and the clip shows a caged animal as a visitor saw it there.
Research note: Copyright in the film rests with its rights holder and is separate from likeness; the distant visitors are not identifiable, and the defunct private zoo's property context may warrant review for some commercial uses.
Research search match: Researchers might search 'vintage 8mm black bear zoo cage', 'Catskill Game Farm home movie', or 'circa 1959 zoo animal footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Arabian Camel and Flamingo sign clips and the fire-engine ride and play-area clips, then other Catskill Game Farm footage circa 1959, then mid-century zoo animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black bear reaching up the chain-link of a domed cage at Catskill Game Farm, New York, circa 1959, visitors small beyond a wooden fence — A black bear rears up against the cage wire as visitors stand in the distance, Catskill Game Farm, circa 1959.
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Upright black bear pressed to a fence post under curved mesh roofing, 8mm home movie at Catskill Game Farm, circa 1959 — The bear stretches up beside a post inside its mesh-roofed enclosure.
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Tall standing black bear seen through chain-link under a domed wire roof, late-1950s New York game farm footage — Seen through the wire, the bear stands at full height against the fence.
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Black bear lifting both paws high against cage wire at Catskill Game Farm, New York, circa 1959 8mm film — The bear lifts both paws high against the chain-link as the shot ends.
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