Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Polar Bear Sitting Up And Sniffing The Air At

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

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Polar Bear Sitting Up And Sniffing The Air At — Clip Details

LINCOLN PARK ILLINOIS USA-1972: A vintage 8mm home movie clip captures a polar bear sitting upright in its enclosure, sniffing the air with its head tilted. The bear's thick white fur contrasts with the gray stone walls of its habitat, which features large rock formations and a shallow pool. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with warm lighting suggesting a sunny day. The final frames reveal a different section of the enclosure, possibly a rocky den area, with scattered leaves and a darker, more shaded environment. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life.

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: 124349176

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

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 needing visitor-shot zoo animal footage, especially a short wildlife cutaway from Lincoln Park, Illinois.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, handheld framing, and a concrete rock-style zoo enclosure that may reflect early 1970s public zoo design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a zoo visitor filming an animal moment without staging, lingering as the bear sits and sniffs.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a polar bear, gray stone walls, concrete ledges, shadowed rocks, scattered leaves, and a shallow-looking enclosure floor.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld steadiness typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief zoo-life insert, animal behavior cutaway, or transitional memory beat within a 1970s family or public-space sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a captive polar bear within a public zoo setting, offering visual context for how visitors encountered large animals in the period.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or animal-display permissions needed for use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm polar bear zoo footage, Lincoln Park Illinois animal enclosure, vintage home movie wildlife, and 1970s zoo cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Lincoln Park or Illinois 1972 material, then broader vintage zoo and captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A polar bear sits upright in a gray rock-style zoo enclosure in supported 1972 Lincoln Park, Illinois footage. — Polar bear seated upright against the enclosure wall.

The polar bear remains seated with its head lifted, framed by gray stone walls in the zoo enclosure. — Bear raises its head while seated in the enclosure.

A shaded section of the same zoo enclosure shows rock-like forms, concrete surfaces, and scattered leaves. — Shaded rocks and leaves inside the enclosure.

The final frame shows a darker rocky section of the enclosure, with leaves and stone forms visible but no people present. — Darker section of the zoo habitat after the bear shot.

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