Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Baby Felines In A Zoo Cage Play With Their Mother

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

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Baby Felines In A Zoo Cage Play With Their Mother — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a mother lioness and her cubs in a dimly lit zoo enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo. The footage, viewed through dark metal bars, shows the young felines playfully interacting with a large branch while the adult lioness rests nearby. The grainy, low-light quality and warm color tones evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life and animal care.

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: 124349197

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: 1970s zoo home-movie footage suited for documentary requests about captive big cats, family visits to urban zoos, or archival animal-care atmosphere.
Period detail: The metal-bar enclosure, low interior light, and 8mm color stock may show a 1970s visitor view of a lion habitat at Lincoln Park Zoo.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, watching lion cubs play near their mother through cage bars rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lion cubs, an adult lioness, dark cage bars, a pale branch or log, dim enclosure walls, straw or bedding, and handheld framing.
Film character: The scan shows grain, soft focus, low-light exposure shifts, warm muted color, and brief handheld movement typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for zoo visits, captive wildlife, or childhood-era animal encounters.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for how a home-movie camera recorded captive big cats behind heavy bars in an urban zoo setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright, location, animal welfare context, and zoo-property permissions should be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1972 8mm Lincoln Park Zoo lions, lion cubs in cage, vintage zoo home movie, and 1970s captive big cat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Lincoln Park or 1972 zoo material, then broader vintage zoo and captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo home-movie frame showing lion cubs near a resting lioness behind dark metal bars. — Lion cubs cluster near their mother inside a barred zoo enclosure.

A dim 8mm frame from Lincoln Park Zoo shows lion cubs beside their mother through vertical and horizontal cage bars. — Cubs move close to the lioness while the camera looks through the cage.

1970s 8mm zoo footage frame showing cubs low near bedding or straw with a lioness behind them in a barred enclosure. — The cubs play near the floor as the adult lioness remains close by.

Low-light 8mm frame at Lincoln Park Zoo with a partially obscured lioness and enclosure details behind dark bars. — The final frame is darker, with the lioness partly hidden by bars and shadows.

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