Zurich Switzerland-1963: Zoo Keeper Wrestling Playfully With a Chimpanzee as Two Women Watch

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationZurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Duration7s
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 visit
animal keeping
human-animal interaction
primates in captivity
leisure and family outings
1960s fashion
spectators

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Outdoor chimpanzee enclosure at a zoo, wire-mesh cage in front of a red brick and pale stone building wall with dark doorways
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows across the cage floor
People: 3 · A male zoo keeper in a checked shirt and dark trousers inside the cage, and two adult women seen from behind at the rail, one with dark curly hair in a white blouse and navy skirt, the other with auburn set hair in a pink printed sleeveless dress.
Animals: chimpanzee · second chimpanzee
Landmarks: Zoo Zürich
Objects: wire mesh fence · metal fence posts · brick wall · concrete cage floor · dark doorways · plants by the rail · wristwatch · bracelet
Colors: violet · brick red · white · pink · navy blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The keeper bends over a chimpanzee on the cage floor while a second ape sits by the back wall.
He holds the chimpanzee by its arms and lifts it as a woman in white watches.
The keeper drops to one knee and the camera drifts right to show a woman in a pink dress.
He grapples with the chimpanzee on the floor as the second ape moves near a doorway.

Zoo Keeper Wrestling Playfully With a Chimpanzee as Two... — Clip Details

At Zoo Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1963, home movie footage shows a zoo keeper in a checked shirt wrestling playfully with a chimpanzee on the concrete floor of an outdoor wire-mesh enclosure. He bends over the animal, grips its arms, then kneels as it rolls against him, while a second ape moves near the brick back wall. Two women, one in a white blouse and one in a pink printed sleeveless dress, watch from the rail with their backs to the camera. The single handheld shot is filmed through the mesh in bright sun.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 800001702

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

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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 early-1960s zoo footage showing a keeper in physical play with a chimpanzee before visitors, for zoo history, animal-welfare or Swiss social-history films.
Period detail: The woman's sleeveless printed shift dress, the set curly hairstyles and the white short-sleeved blouse with a navy skirt may show early-1960s summer dress.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holder stands among ordinary visitors at the rail and films over the women's shoulders, catching an unrehearsed moment of keeper play as a spectator would see it.
What appears in frame: A keeper in a checked shirt kneeling over a chimpanzee, a second ape by the back wall, a wire-mesh cage front, a red brick and stone wall with dark doorways, and two women watching from behind.
Film character: Handheld 8mm colour with a strong violet-magenta cast, hard sunlight, fine grain and a mesh grid over the picture that gives a real behind-the-fence viewpoint.
Edit role: Works as a lively cutaway or memory beat inside a zoo sequence, or as a short insert on keeper and animal relations.
Historical context: The shot shows a keeper handling a chimpanzee in close view of the public at Zoo Zürich, a zoo opened on the Zürichberg in 1929, with visitors standing right at the cage.
Research note: Film copyright sits with the home-movie rights holder, while the keeper's partly visible face and the two women may raise likeness questions, and zoo premises may carry their own filming policies.
Research search match: Researchers might search 'zoo keeper chimpanzee 1960s', 'Zoo Zürich home movie', '8mm zoo footage Switzerland' or 'women watching apes at zoo early 1960s'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Zoobähnli train, penguin parade, man watching an elephant and tiger behind bars, then with other Zurich footage from circa 1963, then with zoo animal handling footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Keeper grappling with a chimpanzee in an outdoor wire enclosure at Zoo Zürich, circa 1963, watched by a woman in white — A keeper bends over a chimpanzee on the floor of its outdoor cage while a visitor watches from the rail, Zoo Zürich, circa 1963.
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Zoo keeper lifting a chimpanzee by the arms in a sunlit cage at Zoo Zürich, Switzerland, circa 1963, as a visitor looks on — The keeper grips the chimpanzee's arms in a playful swing as a woman in a white blouse watches through the mesh.
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Keeper kneels to play with a chimpanzee as a second ape climbs by the wall, Zoo Zürich circa 1963, two women at the rail — Kneeling on the cage floor, the keeper plays with one chimpanzee while a second moves near a doorway and two women watch.
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Two women in early-1960s summer clothes watch a keeper wrestle a chimpanzee at Zoo Zürich, circa 1963 — Two visitors, one in a pink printed sleeveless dress, watch the keeper wrestle the chimpanzee in its outdoor cage, circa 1963.
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