Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Elephants In Zoo Enclosure With Two Large Tusks

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

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Elephants In Zoo Enclosure With Two Large Tusks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures two elephants in a zoo enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. The larger elephant, with prominent tusks, stands near a wooden barrier while a smaller elephant is visible behind it. The footage shows the elephants in a concrete indoor habitat with hay on the floor, viewed through a dark frame that suggests a window or viewing port. The image quality features classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century zoo life and animal captivity. The final frames focus on a close-up of the larger elephant's face, highlighting its wrinkled skin and calm expression.

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: 124349224

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 archive requests about zoo animals, visitor-shot captivity scenes, or historical animal enclosure material for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s zoo viewing conditions, with elephants inside a concrete indoor enclosure behind a wooden barrier and dark window-like framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, moving from a wider look at the enclosure to a close view of the larger elephant's face.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, long tusks, a wooden rail, hay on the floor, concrete walls, a doorway, and dark framing from a viewing port.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for zoo visits, animal captivity, or archival Chicago-area leisure footage.
Historical context: The scene documents how zoo elephants were viewed by visitors in an indoor habitat, without making claims about animal care beyond what is visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are flagged, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo property or animal welfare context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s 8mm zoo elephants, Lincoln Park Zoo home movie, elephants in enclosure, tusked elephant close-up, or animal captivity footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo or family outing material, then Lincoln Park or Chicago 1972 clips, then broader vintage zoo and animal enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo home-movie frame showing a tusked elephant near a rail with a smaller elephant behind it in an indoor enclosure. — Two elephants are seen behind a barrier inside the zoo enclosure.

A larger tusked elephant stands near the front of an indoor zoo enclosure as a second elephant remains partly visible behind it. — The larger elephant faces forward while the second elephant stands farther back.

Close 8mm view of the larger elephant's wrinkled head and ears inside the Lincoln Park Zoo enclosure. — The camera moves close to the elephant's face and forehead.

The final frame holds on the larger elephant's face, showing its wrinkled skin, eye, and ear in soft 8mm color. — A close-up emphasizes the elephant's face and textured skin.

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