St. Charles Missouri-1971: Young Woman in a Plaid Coat Beside a Hippo Statue Behind a Rope Rail

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationSt. Charles, Missouri, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · St. Charles, Missouri, United States
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1971 · St. Louis & St. Charles · Reel ad03e388 contains 7 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

roadside attractions
winter travel
novelty architecture
tourism
1970s fashion
posing for the camera
Americana

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Roadside restaurant exterior with a weathered plank wall, a rope-railed animal statue and patches of snow
Time and weather: day · winter · overcast
Lighting: flat, diffuse daylight with a cool cast
People: 1 · A young woman with long brown hair and bangs, dark-rimmed glasses and a long black-and-white plaid coat, smiling at the camera before walking away.
Landmarks: Noah's Ark restaurant
Objects: hippopotamus statue · rope rail · wooden posts · plank wall · wall signs · plaid coat · eyeglasses · snow
Readable signs: OPEN DAILY & SUNDAY · COCKTAILS
Colors: blue · violet · grey · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A young woman in glasses and a plaid coat smiles beside the hippo statue.
She turns away and starts to walk out of frame to the left.
Only the edge of her coat remains as the camera drifts right.
The hippo statue, rope rail and a patch of snow fill the frame.

St. Charles Missouri-1971: Young Woman in a Plaid Coat... — Clip Details

Noah's Ark restaurant, likely in St. Charles, Missouri, circa 1971 home movie footage shows a young woman in glasses and a long plaid coat smiling beside a large sculpted hippopotamus with an open mouth. The statue sits behind a rope rail on wooden posts, in front of a weathered plank wall with signs reading 'Open Daily & Sunday' and 'Cocktails'. She turns and walks out of frame to the left, and the animal figure holds the frame beside a patch of snow. One short handheld Super 8 shot with a cool blue cast.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000953

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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: 1971 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: St. Charles, Missouri, 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: Fills a request for early-1970s American roadside-attraction footage, giving a quick tourist pose at a novelty restaurant for travel, local-history or Americana productions.
Period detail: The dark-rimmed glasses, long hair with bangs and boxy plaid coat may show early-1970s style, and the hand-lettered restaurant signs suit a roadside business of the time.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor smiles self-consciously for the family camera next to a comic animal statue and then walks off before the shot ends, an unstaged snapshot moment.
What appears in frame: A smiling young woman in a plaid coat, a large open-mouthed hippo statue, a rope rail on wooden posts, a weathered plank wall, 'Open Daily & Sunday' and 'Cocktails' signs, and a patch of snow.
Film character: Super 8 grain, soft focus and a strong blue-violet colour shift give the shot a cold winter tone and the look of a projected home-movie transfer.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat in a roadside-travel sequence, or as a light cutaway between establishing shots of the ark building.
Historical context: Themed roadside restaurants with oversized animal figures were common along American interstates, and the checked Noah's Ark in St. Charles operated from 1967 until its 2007 demolition.
Research note: The woman is identifiable and unnamed, so likeness releases are a separate question from film copyright; the statue and signs belong to a former private business.
Research search match: Researchers might search for Super 8 roadside attraction footage, Noah's Ark St. Charles Missouri, 1970s woman posing with statue, or vintage winter road trip home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's ark and snowy parking-lot shots and the St. Louis clips such as Busch Memorial Stadium from above, then other circa-1971 Missouri material, then roadside-kitsch travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young woman poses beside a hippo statue at the Noah's Ark restaurant, likely St. Charles, Missouri, circa 1971 — A visitor smiles beside the hippo statue under 'Open Daily & Sunday' and 'Cocktails' signs, circa 1971.
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Smiling woman in a long plaid coat beside a sculpted hippo at a Missouri roadside restaurant, circa 1971 Super 8 film — Hands in her coat, she smiles for the home-movie camera next to the open-mouthed hippo.
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Visitor walks out of frame, leaving the hippo statue at the Noah's Ark roadside stop, likely St. Charles, Missouri, circa 1971 — She turns and leaves the frame as the camera drifts toward the statue.
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Sculpted hippo behind a rope rail outside the Noah's Ark restaurant, likely St. Charles, Missouri, winter circa 1971 — The hippo statue alone behind its rope rail, with snow beside it.
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