United States-1958: Boys in Blue Caps Crowd a Llama Leaning Over a Zoo Fence

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1957–1960 · United States · Reel 489c9ab9 contains 15 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
children and animals
zoo visit
group outing
curiosity
mid-century leisure
summer day

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Animal pen at a children's zoo or petting farm, with a wooden rail fence, blue-painted lower boards, a dark wooden shed and green trees behind
Time and weather: daytime · summer · dry, soft daylight
Lighting: soft natural daylight with deep shadow in the shed behind the pen
People: 7 · A crowd of about six or seven young boys seen mostly from behind; several wear blue baseball caps, one has red hair, and a dark-haired boy in a striped shirt turns and smiles
Animals: llama
Objects: blue baseball caps · wooden rail fence · blue painted fence boards · wooden shed · striped shirt · small birdhouse-like structure
Colors: royal blue · white · dark green · teal · rust orange
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A hand reaches toward the llama's muzzle as it leans over the fence.
The llama faces the camera above a boy in a blue cap with white lettering.
A boy in a striped shirt turns and smiles at the children beside him.
The llama lowers its head toward a red-haired boy at the front of the crowd.

Boys in Blue Caps Crowd a Llama Leaning Over a Zoo Fence — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a white llama with brown face markings leaning over a wooden rail fence at what appears to be a children's zoo. A crowd of boys, several in blue baseball caps, presses up to the pen; one reaches a hand toward the animal and a smiling boy in a striped shirt turns toward his companions. The single handheld 8mm shot is framed from just behind the children's heads, with a dark wooden shed and green leaves behind the enclosure.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001750

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$149 · Editorial only 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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: 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: Answers requests for late 1950s American children at a zoo or petting farm, useful for documentaries and exhibits on postwar childhood and family leisure.
Period detail: The close-cropped haircuts, striped knit shirt, blue baseball caps and saturated colour stock may show a late 1950s date, circa 1958.
Home-movie behavior: The children jostle for a turn at the fence and one turns to grin at his friends, an unstaged moment filmed by a parent standing behind the group.
What appears in frame: A white llama with brown face markings, a wooden rail fence with blue lower boards, boys in blue caps, a red-haired child, a smiling boy in a striped shirt and a dark shed under green trees.
Film character: Colour 8mm with visible grain, rich blues and greens, soft focus on the nearest heads and a slight handheld drift that gives the shot an immediate, personal feel.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat in a zoo or childhood sequence, or as a lively cutaway between wider family outing shots.
Historical context: The scene shows children reaching an animal over a low barrier, the hands-on contact recorded throughout this reel's petting-farm section.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from likeness: identifiable minors appear, one cap carries unreadable lettering, and the zoo operator is unknown, so likeness and property permissions are not assured.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s children's zoo home movie, boys petting a llama, vintage 8mm petting farm footage and kids in baseball caps circa 1958.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's man feeding goat and boy hugging pet goat clips, then other circa 1958 United States outing footage, then children-and-animals material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Children's zoo in the United States, circa 1958: a hand reaches toward a white llama over a fence while boys in blue caps crowd in — A hand reaches toward a white llama leaning over the pen fence as boys press forward, circa 1958.
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Circa 1958 8mm still, United States: a llama faces the camera above boys in blue caps, one with blurred white lettering — The llama looks toward the camera over the heads of boys in blue caps.
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United States, circa 1958: a smiling boy in a striped shirt turns to his friends beside a white llama at a petting pen — A boy in a striped shirt turns and smiles as the group gathers at the llama pen.
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Children's zoo, United States, circa 1958: a brown-marked white llama lowers its head toward a red-haired boy in a crowd — The llama lowers its head toward a red-haired boy at the front of the crowd.
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