Zurich Switzerland-1963: Construction Billboard Announcing a New Rhino and Hippo House

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationZurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1963 · Zurich & Switzerland · Reel 59f58dbf contains 14 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 history
construction
urban development
animal enclosures
public signage
1960s Switzerland
travel memories

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · zoo construction site with cleared ground, brush piles, trees and a low building
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny with scattered cumulus clouds
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with dark shadowed foliage
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Zoo Zürich
Objects: construction billboard · line drawing of a rhinoceros · lattice steel mast · cable drum · uprooted brush · white rail fence · red tiled roof · overhead wire
Readable signs: Hier entsteht das neue · Nashorn-Flusspferd-Haus · Baubeginn Frühjahr 1963
Colors: deep blue · dark green · olive · brick red · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The rhino-hippo house billboard fills the upper frame above the cleared site.
The handheld camera holds on the lettering, with the steel mast and red roof behind.
The shot ends still framed on the billboard and the cable drum in the grass.

Construction Billboard Announcing a New Rhino and Hippo... — Clip Details

Zoo Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1963 home movie footage shows a large construction billboard reading 'Hier entsteht das neue Nashorn-Flusspferd-Haus, Baubeginn Frühjahr 1963' beside a line drawing that appears to show a rhinoceros. Below it lies cleared ground with uprooted brush, a lattice steel mast, a low red-roofed building and a cable drum in long grass. The single 8mm shot is held from a low handheld position under a bright summer 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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001701

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland 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 1963 footage of a European zoo expanding, giving documentaries and museum films a dated, readable record of a new animal house being announced.
Period detail: The billboard's printed start date of spring 1963, its hand-drawn rhinoceros artwork and the lattice steel mast fix the scene in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped to film the billboard itself, a tourist's habit of recording what was new or coming at a place they were touring.
What appears in frame: A broad billboard with German lettering, a drawing that appears to show a rhinoceros, a lattice steel mast, cleared earth with brush piles, a red-roofed low building and a cable drum in grass.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with a cool blue sky, dense dark greens and slight handheld drift give the shot an authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a short dated insert or establishing cutaway to open a zoo sequence or signal the year 1963.
Historical context: The billboard shows Zoo Zürich, opened in 1929 on the Zürichberg, publicly announcing a new house for rhinos and hippos with construction set for spring 1963.
Research note: No people appear; the billboard artwork and lettering may carry the zoo's or designer's copyright, and the zoo grounds are institutional property, so separate permissions may apply.
Research search match: Zoo Zürich 1963 construction sign, 8mm home movie Swiss zoo, 1960s zoo expansion footage, Nashorn-Flusspferd-Haus billboard.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Zoobähnli zoo train, man watching an elephant and flamingos on a lawn, then other Zurich 1963 scenes, then other footage of zoo construction.

Still Frames From This Clip

Construction billboard for the new rhino-hippo house at Zoo Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1963, above a cleared site — Billboard announcing the new Nashorn-Flusspferd-Haus, construction from spring 1963, Zoo Zürich, 1963.
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Billboard dated Baubeginn Frühjahr 1963 over brush piles at a Zoo Zürich building site, Switzerland, 1963 8mm film — The billboard gives spring 1963 as the start of building; brush and a rail fence lie below.
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Cable drum in grass below the rhino-hippo house billboard at Zoo Zürich, Zurich, 1963, on grainy 8mm colour film — A cable drum lies in the grass at the foot of the billboard on the cleared zoo site.
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Low-angle view of the Nashorn-Flusspferd-Haus billboard against summer sky at Zoo Zürich, Switzerland, 1963 — A low, handheld view holds the billboard against a summer sky as the shot ends.
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