Laguna Hills California USA-1971: A Group Of Lions Laying Under A Small Palm

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

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A Group Of Lions Laying Under A Small Palm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a group of lions in a zoo enclosure, with one lion lying down and another standing near a small palm tree. A classic American station wagon is parked in the background, suggesting a family outing. The footage has a warm, faded color palette and natural film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic wildlife viewing.

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: 123057302

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

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: Useful for 1970s American zoo, family outing, or wildlife-viewing cutaways in documentary, education, museum, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The parked station wagon, faded color, and 8mm home-movie look support an early 1970s setting, with Laguna Hills and 1971 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes lions from a visitor viewpoint, suggesting casual family-shot footage rather than staged wildlife filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting lions, a standing male lion, a small palm tree, dirt enclosure ground, log or rock forms, grass patches, and a parked station wagon.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, memory beat, or period cutaway for zoo visits, roadside family travel, or captive wildlife scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie camera recorded a zoo enclosure and nearby parked car, offering social context around recreational animal viewing in the period.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but animal enclosure, location, copyright, and any property-related use should still be reviewed by production counsel.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm zoo lions, Laguna Hills California home movie wildlife, 1970s family outing zoo footage, and vintage captive lion cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Laguna Hills or 1971 California footage, then broader 1970s zoo, animal, travel, and family outing clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Laguna Hills zoo footage showing lions near a palm tree, with a station wagon visible beyond the enclosure. — Lions gather beside a small palm tree as a parked station wagon appears in the background.

A male lion sits near a palm tree in the zoo enclosure, with another lion lying behind it in the 1971 home-movie frame. — A male lion sits under the palm while another lion rests farther back.

The 8mm frame centers a male lion under a small palm tree, with enclosure ground and a partial resting lion at the edge. — The camera centers on the male lion seated beneath the palm tree.

A male lion stands near the palm tree as another lion rests nearby.

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