Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Mother and Baby Giraffe in Zoo Enclosure

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Colorado

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a mother giraffe and her baby walking together in a zoo enclosure. The pair moves across a sandy yard bordered by a concrete wall with a patterned lattice and a tall door. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural sunlight casting distinct shadows. The scene captures a quiet, observational moment of wildlife in a mid-century zoo setting, with the baby giraffe following closely behind its mother. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s family entertainment and animal exhibits.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120961069

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1382 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: colorado springs
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1970s Colorado Springs zoo footage, especially documentary or educational edits needing a brief observational animal-family moment from home-movie material.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s visitor-shot zoo architecture, including a sandy enclosure, concrete walls, lattice ventilation, and period street or park views in the later frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the quiet, unstaged feel of a family visitor filming giraffes and then turning toward the surrounding zoo grounds from a casual handheld position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult giraffe, a young giraffe, a sandy enclosure, concrete wall sections, a patterned lattice, a tall door, leafy trees, parked cars, and distant visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft grain, faded color, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, zoo-visit cutaway, or transitional detail within a sequence about family outings, wildlife display, or 1970s leisure.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a public zoo visit in Colorado Springs in 1973 without making claims about the institution, animal identities, or exhibit history beyond what is visible and supplied.
Research note: People appear only distantly in the later frames, but likeness review may still be needed, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1973 Colorado Springs zoo home movie, vintage 8mm giraffe enclosure, baby giraffe walking with mother, and 1970s family zoo trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado Springs material, then related 1970s zoo, animal enclosure, family outing, or travel home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1973 Colorado Springs zoo scene, an adult giraffe and a young giraffe move across a sandy enclosure bordered by concrete walls and a patterned lattice. — Giraffes cross the enclosure yard.

The young giraffe follows the adult across the sunlit Colorado Springs zoo enclosure, with the concrete wall, lattice opening, and tall door behind them. — Young giraffe follows the adult.

A handheld 1973 Colorado Springs zoo view shows a leafy walkway or drive with parked cars, distant visitors, stone edging, and buildings partly obscured by trees. — Zoo grounds seen through trees.

The clip ends on a similar visitor-shot view of the Colorado Springs zoo grounds, with trees, a light-colored car, a darker car, distant people, and low stone landscaping. — Visitors and cars near the zoo walkway.

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