Catskill Game Farm New York-1959: Women and Children Stroll a Shaded Play Area With Striped Poles

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill Game Farm, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Catskill Game Farm, New York, United States

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What is in this clip

family outing
1950s fashion
childhood
summer leisure
zoo visit
crowds
mothers and children

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Shaded children's play area with dirt ground, tall trees and red-and-white striped poles at a private zoo
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Hard sunlight broken by tree shade, high contrast with dark faces and bright ground
People: 20 · Women in sleeveless blouses, full skirts and light dresses, some with handbags and sunglasses, plus girls and young children in shorts and summer tops among a crowd of visitors
Objects: striped poles · handbag · sunglasses · jacket · shade trees
Colors: dark brown · tan · white · pink · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A woman in sunglasses and a girl in a plaid top walk toward the camera.
The pair turn and walk away as a child runs across the background.
The camera swings to women in light summer dresses beneath the trees.
Several women gather in the shade among striped poles and other visitors.

Women and Children Stroll a Shaded Play Area With... — Clip Details

Catskill Game Farm, New York, circa 1959 home movie footage shows visitors in a shaded play area set with red-and-white striped poles. A woman in sunglasses and a sleeveless white top walks toward the camera beside a girl in a pink plaid top and blue shorts, then the pair turn and walk off together. The handheld camera swings across the dirt ground to women in light summer dresses carrying handbags, with children and a dense crowd under the trees behind them.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000767

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: Answers requests for authentic circa 1959 color footage of American families on a summer outing, useful for leisure, fashion and regional Catskills history productions.
Period detail: Full-skirted cotton dresses, sleeveless blouses, cat-eye style sunglasses and pale handbags may show typical late-1950s women's summer daywear.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator catches a woman and girl mid-stride and then drifts to other women chatting, giving an unposed, insider view of a family day out.
What appears in frame: A woman in sunglasses and a white sleeveless top, a girl in a pink plaid top and blue shorts, women in light dresses with handbags, red-and-white striped poles, a dirt path and a dark tree canopy.
Film character: Handheld 8mm with visible grain, warm saturated reds and blues, and strong contrast between sunlit ground and deep shade that gives a vivid period texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat inside a family-outing sequence, or as a crowd transition between animal exhibit shots.
Historical context: Privately run game farms and children's zoos like this one drew families by car to the Catskills, and the dress here reflects the era's casual summer norms.
Research note: Faces of identifiable adults and minors appear, so likeness releases are a separate matter from copyright in the film, and the privately owned park setting may carry property considerations.
Research search match: Researchers may search '1950s family zoo outing 8mm', 'vintage women summer dresses home movie' or 'Catskill Game Farm visitors circa 1959'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's children on the fire-engine ride, the Arabian Camel and Flamingo signs and the black bear, then with other late-1950s Catskills footage and summer family-outing clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in sunglasses with a girl in a plaid top at a play area at Catskill Game Farm, New York, circa 1959 — A woman and girl walk toward the camera among striped poles and crowds, Catskill Game Farm, circa 1959.
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Circa 1959 8mm view of a woman and girl walking away through a busy children's play area in Catskill, New York — The pair head off across the play area as a child runs past, circa 1959.
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Women in late-1950s summer dresses under shade trees at Catskill Game Farm, circa 1959 home movie — Women in light dresses and a mother leading a girl, under the trees at Catskill Game Farm, circa 1959.
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Crowd of women and children in a shaded park play area, Catskill, New York, filmed on 8mm circa 1959 — Visitors gather in the shade between striped poles during a summer outing, circa 1959.
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