Laguna Hills California USA-1971: Male Lion Watching Lioness Walking Away With Cub

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationLaguna Hills, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Male Lion Watching Lioness Walking Away With Cub — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a male lion resting while a lioness walks past in a sun-drenched enclosure. Palm trees and rocky terrain frame the scene, with lush green grass in the foreground. The footage shows natural animal behavior in a zoo-like setting, viewed through a dark frame that suggests a window or vehicle barrier. Warm, faded colors and film grain enhance the nostalgic, archival quality of this classic wildlife footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123056180

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Laguna Hills, California, 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing brief visitor-shot zoo wildlife footage, especially lions in an outdoor enclosure for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, contact-frame edges, palm trees, rocks, and zoo-like viewing barrier may show a Southern California animal park visit in the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming through a barrier as a resting male lion watches a lioness and cub move through the enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male lion, lioness, cub, rocks, grass, palm trees, dry hillside, and dark vertical frame edges from the viewing position.
Film character: Warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, zoo-visit cutaway, California travel memory beat, or transition into archival material about captive big cats.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects recreational animal viewing in a landscaped enclosure, but the frames do not identify the specific facility or any public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but researchers should still review copyright ownership and any property or animal-facility permissions separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 8mm lion zoo footage, Laguna Hills California home movie wildlife, vintage lioness with cub, and male lion enclosure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Laguna Hills or 1971 California footage, then with vintage zoo, animal park, or big-cat home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 8mm home-movie frame from Laguna Hills showing a resting male lion, a lioness, rocks, palms, and a dry hillside behind a dark viewing edge. — Male lion resting as a lioness stands near rocks in a palm-lined enclosure.

Laguna Hills 1971 8mm frame showing a lioness moving across a zoo-like enclosure as a male lion rests near rocks behind her. — Lioness walking through the enclosure with the male lion resting behind her.

1971 8mm frame from Laguna Hills showing a lioness and cub in the foreground with a resting male lion, rocks, grass, and palms behind them. — Lioness and cub pass in front of a resting male lion.

Laguna Hills 1971 8mm home-movie frame showing a lioness and cub near the foreground with a male lion resting among rocks in the enclosure. — Lioness and cub near the foreground as the male lion remains in the background.

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