North Woodstock New Hampshire-1963: Black Bear Standing on a Wooden Platform Above a Trading Post Sign

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationNorth Woodstock, New Hampshire, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · North Woodstock, New Hampshire, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

roadside attractions
captive wildlife
tourism
family vacation
commercial signage
New England travel
animals on display

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · low angle
Setting: outdoor · Roadside tourist attraction with a raised wooden sign platform
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: Flat, bright overcast light with a blown-out sky
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: black bear
Landmarks: Clark's Trading Post
Objects: wooden platform · painted sign · wooden pole · support beams · wire
Readable signs: Clark's TRADING POST · NO. WOODSTOCK, N.H.
Colors: pale grey-white · violet · dark purple-brown · faded red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The bear stands on the platform looking down to the left.
It raises its head and faces the camera.
The bear turns its head down and to the left again.
It looks straight toward the lens above the sign.
The bear turns away to the left as the shot ends.

Black Bear Standing on a Wooden Platform Above a Trading... — Clip Details

In North Woodstock, New Hampshire, circa 1963, home movie footage shows a live black bear standing on a raised wooden platform at Clark's Trading Post. The painted sign below reads 'Clark's Trading Post, No. Woodstock, N.H.' The animal shifts on its feet, looks down to the left, faces the camera, then turns away again. It is filmed in one steady low-angle shot on 8mm colour film against a bright, washed-out sky.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000989

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: North Woodstock, New Hampshire, 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: Solves a request for a mid-century American roadside attraction with a live animal and a readable business sign, for documentaries on New England tourism or captive wildlife.
Period detail: The hand-painted script and block-letter sign and the plank platform on a post may show the look of a family-run roadside attraction around the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the ground by a passing visitor, the clip shows what a vacationing family chose to stop and film: a bear posed over the attraction's own sign.
What appears in frame: A black bear standing on a plank platform, a long painted sign reading Clark's Trading Post with a No. Woodstock, N.H. address, a tall wooden pole behind the bear, angled support beams, and a pale washed-out sky.
Film character: Faded 8mm colour with a violet cast, a blown-out sky, soft focus, and scattered dust specks give the shot a worn, projected-print texture.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing insert or memory beat that names a place on screen, or as a cutaway within a road-trip sequence.
Historical context: Clark's Trading Post has kept black bears since about 1930–31 and showed them on a platform visible from Route 3, and this shot records that roadside display.
Research note: No people appear; the Clark's Trading Post name and sign belong to an operating private business, so trademark and property questions are separate from the footage copyright, and no clearance is implied.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s 8mm bear at roadside attraction, Clark's Trading Post vintage footage, or New Hampshire tourist stop home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Islesford post office sign and family boat ride clips, then with other New Hampshire and Maine travel footage from circa 1963, then with roadside animal attractions.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black bear faces the camera above the Clark's Trading Post sign in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, circa 1963 — A black bear looks toward the camera from its platform above the Clark's Trading Post sign, North Woodstock, New Hampshire, circa 1963.
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Bear lowers its head on a sign platform reading No. Woodstock, N.H., in faded 8mm colour, circa 1963 — The bear turns its head down to the left; the sign below gives the address No. Woodstock, N.H.
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Low-angle view of a black bear over red script Clark's lettering at a New Hampshire roadside attraction, circa 1963 — Seen from below, the bear stands squarely over the red script and block lettering of the trading post sign.
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Black bear turns away on its Clark's Trading Post platform, filmed on 8mm home movie film circa 1963 — The bear turns away to the left at the end of the shot, still standing above the trading post sign.
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