Vienna Austria-1964: Sea Lion Rears Up at a Railing as Visitors Dangle Fish Overhead

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationVienna, Austria
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Vienna, Austria
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1964 · Innsbruck & Salzburg · Reel a711b0e3 contains 19 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
animal feeding
tourism
summer leisure
human and animal interaction
1960s Europe
family outing

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Zoo animal enclosure with a stone-edged pool, wire-mesh railing, hedges and a yellow building behind the visitors
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 10 · About ten visitors along the railing: men in white short-sleeved shirts, women in patterned summer dresses, an older white-haired woman smiling, and a smaller figure in a checked shirt, probably a child, partly hidden by the rail.
Animals: sea lion
Objects: pool · stone pool coping · wire-mesh railing · fish · hedge
Colors: dark green · white · violet blue · black · pale lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The sea lion rests at the pool wall beside the wire-mesh railing.
It drops back into the water and turns toward the crowd.
The sea lion rears up as a man in a white shirt raises a fish.
Stretched upright against the railing, it reaches for the dangling fish while visitors watch.

Sea Lion Rears Up at a Railing as Visitors Dangle Fish... — Clip Details

Vienna, Austria, circa 1964 home movie footage of a sea lion in a stone-edged pool at the Schönbrunn Zoo. The animal waits at the pool wall, dips back into the water, then heaves itself upright against a wire-mesh railing. Adults in summer shirts and print dresses lean over the rail, and a man in a white shirt dangles a small fish above its head while a smiling older woman looks on. It is one handheld 8mm colour shot in bright sun, filmed from across the pool.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001649

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

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Vienna, Austria 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 1960s European zoo footage showing ordinary visitors feeding animals, useful for travel, social history and zoo-history productions.
Period detail: Open-collar white shirts, patterned cotton dresses and set hairstyles may show mid-1960s summer fashion, with a simple wire-mesh railing letting the public reach the animal.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist with a camera catches an unplanned moment as visitors laugh and lean in while a man teases a sea lion upward with a fish.
What appears in frame: A dark sea lion rising out of green water, pale stone pool coping, a wire-mesh railing, a man in a white shirt holding up a fish, women in print dresses, and a smiling older woman.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with soft focus, sun-bleached highlights, deep shadows and a violet cast, handheld from across the pool.
Edit role: Works as a lively cutaway or memory beat inside a Vienna or zoo sequence, or as a light moment between landmark shots.
Historical context: The scene records relaxed, close contact between zoo visitors and a captive marine mammal, with hand-feeding taking place over the railing.
Research note: Several adult faces are clearly identifiable and a probable child appears, so likeness clearance is separate from the film's copyright; the zoo site and animal are institutional property, and no logos are visible.
Research search match: Researchers might search for '1960s zoo sea lion feeding', 'Schönbrunn Zoo vintage 8mm', 'Vienna home movie circa 1964' or 'tourists feeding animals old film'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's woman feeding an eland and pony-drawn children's train, then its Vienna shots at the Riesenrad and Burgtheater, then other 1960s zoo-visitor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sea lion waits at its pool wall below leaning visitors at the Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, circa 1964, 8mm home movie — A sea lion waits at the pool wall as visitors crowd the railing above, Vienna, circa 1964.
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Sea lion turns in its pool as smiling summer visitors rest on the railing, Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, circa 1964 — Visitors in summer clothes rest on the railing and watch the sea lion turn in the pool.
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Sea lion rears up toward a man dangling a fish over the railing at the Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, circa 1964 — A man dangles a fish over the railing as the sea lion rears up toward it.
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Crowd watches a sea lion stretch for a fish at the railing, Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, circa 1964 home movie — Stretched against the railing, the sea lion reaches for the fish while the crowd looks on.
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