Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Cheetah Resting on Log Behind Bars

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

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Cheetah Resting on Log Behind Bars — Clip Details

LINCOLN PARK ILLINOIS USA-1972: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a cheetah resting inside its enclosure at the zoo. The animal, with its distinctive spotted coat, lies on a wooden log behind dark metal bars, its paws visible through the cage. The footage, shot in dim lighting with a cool blue tint, shows the cheetah in a relaxed state, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in captivity during the early 1970s. The grainy texture and film quality are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from that era.

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: 124349201

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: This 1972 8mm zoo clip supports documentary or educational requests for early 1970s visitor-shot footage of captive wildlife at Lincoln Park, Illinois.
Period detail: The dark metal-bar enclosure, dim zoo lighting, and home-movie framing may show a public animal exhibit as recorded by an amateur visitor in the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of an unstaged visitor observation, with the camera lingering on cheetahs behind bars rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include spotted cheetahs, a dark barred cage, a wooden log or branch, a blue-lit enclosure ledge, shadowed interior walls, and grainy 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, low-light exposure, cool blue color cast, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that place it clearly in a physical home-movie archive.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, zoo-life insert, captivity reference, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about animals, childhood outings, or urban public attractions.
Historical context: The frames document how a zoo animal enclosure appeared to an amateur camera in 1972, with the cheetahs separated from viewers by heavy bars and subdued interior lighting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or animal-exhibit context separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches might include 1970s 8mm zoo footage, Lincoln Park Illinois cheetah enclosure, home movie captive wildlife, and vintage Super 8 animal cage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1972 Lincoln Park or Illinois zoo footage, and finally broader 1970s home-movie clips of animals in captivity.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Lincoln Park, Illinois 8mm frame showing cheetahs inside a barred zoo enclosure under dim blue-toned light. — Cheetahs seen through cage bars.

A cheetah appears to rest near the front bars of a Lincoln Park zoo enclosure in this cool-toned 1972 8mm frame. — Resting cheetah near the enclosure bars.

Close 1972 8mm view of a spotted cheetah partly hidden behind vertical bars, with paws and a wooden log visible in the enclosure. — Cheetah markings and paws behind bars.

Final 1972 Lincoln Park frame showing part of a cheetah, its spotted legs and paws, and a pale log inside the barred enclosure. — Partial cheetah view beside a log.

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