Laguna Hills California USA-1971: Woman Petting Lion Cubs At Zoo

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

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Woman Petting Lion Cubs At Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a floral shirt and dark hat gently petting a group of lion cubs in an enclosure. The scene, filmed from behind a dark frame, shows the cubs resting on grass near a water feature. The footage has a warm, nostalgic quality with natural sunlight and classic Super 8 film grain. The final frame reveals a scenic waterfall and lush trees, suggesting a zoo or wildlife park setting. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of human-animal interaction from the early 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123060178

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for 1970s archival requests involving zoo visits, wildlife parks, and informal human interaction with captive young animals in home-movie footage.
Period detail: The floral blouse, dark hat, 8mm color texture, and visitor-view framing support an early 1970s home-movie setting, consistent with the supplied 1971 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor moment as a woman gently pets resting lion cubs while filming occurs from behind a dark enclosure or viewing-frame edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a floral shirt and dark hat, several lion cubs, grass, dark framing bars, sunlight, trees, water, and a waterfall feature.
Film character: The footage has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition from animal interaction to a zoo landscape feature.
Historical context: The scene shows a casual public-facing animal encounter from a 1970s visitor perspective, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific zoo or attraction.
Research note: People and captive animals are visible, so likeness, animal-use context, and location permissions may require review separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Research matches include 1971 8mm zoo footage, Laguna Hills California wildlife park home movie, woman petting lion cubs, and vintage animal encounter footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Laguna Hills or 1971 California zoo footage, then broader 1970s wildlife park and visitor interaction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Laguna Hills home-movie frame showing a woman in a floral shirt and dark hat petting lion cubs resting on grass. — A woman reaches down to pet lion cubs lying together on the grass.

1971 Laguna Hills footage frame with a woman touching one lion cub while other cubs lie nearby in a sunny zoo setting. — The woman rests her hand on a lion cub while the group remains clustered on the grass.

1971 Laguna Hills home-movie still of a woman leaning toward resting lion cubs, seen through dark enclosure framing. — Lion cubs lie together as the woman leans in and touches them.

1971 Laguna Hills home-movie frame showing a landscaped waterfall, water, rocks, and surrounding trees after the animal interaction. — The final view shifts to a landscaped waterfall and trees near the water.

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