Laguna Hills California USA-1971: Young Giraffe at Watering Hole Drinking

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

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Young Giraffe at Watering Hole Drinking — Clip Details

A young giraffe stands at the edge of a watering hole in this 8mm home movie from 1971. The animal lowers its head to drink, then lifts its neck and turns, appearing to reconsider. Shot through a dark frame, the footage shows the giraffe's distinctive spotted coat against the blue water and dry, earthy bank. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film captures a candid moment of wildlife in a natural setting.

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: 123059696

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: 1971 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts, education programs, museum displays, or period cutaways needing a giraffe at a watering hole.
Period detail: The faded color, soft focus, and contact-frame borders support an early 1970s home-movie look, with the Laguna Hills location and 1971 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels observational and unstaged, as if a visitor quietly filmed the giraffe pausing, lowering its head, and turning by the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young giraffe, blue water, a dry bank, scattered stones, dark frame edges, and the animal's spotted coat and long neck.
Film character: The clip has grain, mild fading, soft exposure, and handheld 8mm texture that preserve the physical-film character of a short home-movie wildlife moment.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, contemplative cutaway, nature transition, or memory beat within a 1970s travel or animal sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a giraffe near water in a California home-movie context without showing people, signage, or identifiable built landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, source ownership, and any location or animal-facility permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 8mm giraffe drinking, Laguna Hills wildlife home movie, vintage animal footage, and Super 8 giraffe by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel animal footage, then other 1971 Laguna Hills clips, then broader vintage zoo or wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Laguna Hills 8mm frame showing a young giraffe on a dry bank at the edge of blue water. — A giraffe stands near the water's edge within dark contact-frame borders.

1971 Laguna Hills frame of a giraffe lowering its head toward a watering hole from a dry shoreline. — The giraffe bends forward as if preparing to drink from the water.

1971 Laguna Hills 8mm frame showing the giraffe upright on the bank, looking away from the water. — The giraffe lifts its neck and stands at the edge of the watering hole.

1971 Laguna Hills frame with the giraffe turned away on the dry bank beside the blue watering hole. — The giraffe turns away from the water, seen from behind in the final frame.

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