Laguna Hills California USA-1971: Lioness Roaming In Zoo Enclosure With Classic Car Passing By

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

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Lioness Roaming In Zoo Enclosure With Classic Car Passing By — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a lioness resting in a zoo enclosure with palm trees and rocks, while a green classic American car drives by on a nearby road. The footage, filmed from behind a barrier, shows the lioness lying calmly as the vehicle passes, blending wildlife with suburban Americana. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic 1970s home movie aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123056933

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 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

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: 1971 Southern California home-movie zoo footage for productions needing a brief wildlife-and-suburban-roadside cutaway.
Period detail: The green American car, palm landscaping, warm color, and 8mm frame texture support an early 1970s visitor-filmed setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint from behind a barrier, observing a calm lioness while everyday traffic passes nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a resting lioness, palm trunks, rocks, low greenery, a road, and a green classic car moving behind the enclosure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat linking zoo wildlife with 1970s suburban California atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene visually places captive wildlife beside roadside car traffic, suggesting a period zoo or animal-park setting without naming the facility.
Research note: Rights review should consider the clip-level people-visible flag, zoo setting, animal depiction, and any property or likeness issues beyond copyright.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 8mm zoo lioness, Laguna Hills California animal park home movie, and vintage car passing wildlife enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo footage, then 1971 Laguna Hills material, then broader 1970s California wildlife or roadside Americana scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Laguna Hills zoo footage showing a lioness resting by palms and rocks with a green classic car on the road behind. — A lioness lies in a palm-lined enclosure while a green car passes beyond the barrier.

A lioness rests in a Laguna Hills zoo enclosure as part of a green 1970s-era car appears on the road behind. — The lioness remains still as the car moves through the background road.

Visitor-shot 8mm frame from Laguna Hills showing the lioness reclining near rocks, palm trunks, and low vegetation. — A closer frame centers the resting lioness inside the enclosure.

The lioness stays low beside rocks and palm trunks in the 1971 Laguna Hills zoo enclosure, with roadside greenery behind. — The final frame holds on the lioness against palms, rocks, and the road beyond.

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