Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Brown Bear Standing On A Rock In A Zoo On A

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationLincoln Park, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Lincoln Park Illinois

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Brown Bear Standing On A Rock In A Zoo On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a brown bear standing on a large rock within a zoo enclosure. The bear, with thick brown fur, shifts its weight and turns its head slightly, appearing alert. The setting features a stone wall backdrop under bright sunlight, with natural shadows cast on the rock. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1970s zoo visit moment is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124349157

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 1405 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: planes,lake geneva,colby,brookfield zoo,shrman,lincoln park
Reel-level year note: 1972
Reel-level location note: illinois
Date: 1972 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: Lincoln Park, Illinois, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm zoo footage for productions needing a brief archival animal cutaway or period family-outing reference.
Period detail: The frames may show an early-1970s zoo enclosure with artificial rockwork, bright daylight, and visitor-shot framing rather than contemporary high-resolution wildlife coverage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an unstaged zoo visit, with the camera holding on the bear as it shifts slightly on the rock ledge.
What appears in frame: A brown bear, pale rock ledge, stone enclosure wall, dark film borders, sunlight, shadow, and slight frame weave are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, animal cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory of a 1970s zoo visit.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for recreational zoo viewing in the 1970s without showing identifiable visitors or signage in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but animal-display context and any zoo-related property or institutional permissions should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1972 8mm zoo bear, Lincoln Park Illinois zoo footage, vintage brown bear enclosure, and 1970s home movie animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Lincoln Park or Illinois footage from 1972, then with other 1970s zoo and animal-visit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame from Lincoln Park, Illinois, showing a brown bear standing on a rock ledge against a stone wall. — Brown bear stands on a rock ledge inside a stone zoo enclosure.

1972 Lincoln Park zoo footage frame showing a brown bear on a rock ledge, partly facing the visitor camera. — The bear turns its head while standing on the rock ledge.

1972 8mm frame from a Lincoln Park zoo visit showing a brown bear facing the camera from a rock ledge. — The bear faces the camera from the ledge in bright daylight.

Final 1972 Lincoln Park zoo frame with the brown bear standing on the rock ledge as the 8mm image softens at the edges. — The bear remains on the ledge as the home-movie shot holds.

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