Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Sleeping Male Lion Lounges in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Sleeping Male Lion Lounges in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

A male lion rests peacefully in its zoo enclosure at Lincoln Park, Illinois, in 1972. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the lion lounging on a rocky ledge within a man-made habitat featuring layered stone formations. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, vintage feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the lion's relaxed posture as it sleeps in the dimly lit enclosure. This authentic home movie clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life and wildlife observation.

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: 124349179

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 zoo home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet animal cutaway, urban zoo context, or archival insert of a resting lion in captivity.
Period detail: The artificial rock enclosure and faded 8mm color may show early-1970s zoo display design as recorded by a visitor camera at Lincoln Park.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the patient visitor-shot perspective of someone pausing on a sleeping lion rather than staging animal action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male lion, rocky ledges, shadowed enclosure walls, pale stone forms, dark film borders, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, warm faded color, gate edges, and minor exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm wildlife cutaway, a transition into zoo history, or a reflective memory beat about animals in public exhibits.
Historical context: The footage documents a captive lion in a man-made zoo habitat, offering visual context for everyday visitor observation in the early 1970s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo property or animal-display permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Lincoln Park zoo lion, 8mm sleeping lion enclosure, 1970s zoo home movie, and vintage captive wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Lincoln Park 1972 zoo scenes, then broader 1970s zoo and captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Lincoln Park zoo footage showing a male lion resting on a rocky ledge in a dim artificial enclosure. — A sleeping male lion rests high on a rock ledge inside the zoo habitat.

A male lion lies asleep on a rock shelf at Lincoln Park, with the 8mm frame showing dark borders and faded color. — The lion remains still on the upper ledge, framed by artificial stonework.

Wider 1972 zoo view showing layered artificial rocks and the resting lion partly visible near the lower right of the enclosure. — The camera widens to show more of the stone habitat around the resting lion.

Lincoln Park zoo enclosure in 1972, with artificial rock formations and the sleeping lion partly seen near the bottom right. — Artificial rock formations fill the frame as the lion rests low at the right.

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