Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: A Zebra And An Ostrich Shown In A Dusty Zoo With

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

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A Zebra And An Ostrich Shown In A Dusty Zoo With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a zebra walking through a dusty enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The animal moves past trees and a simple white building with a tiled roof. The footage then cuts to an ostrich standing in a sandy pen behind a chain-link fence, its long neck raised. The warm, faded colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of zoo life from the early 1970s.

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: 124349256

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: 1972 8mm zoo footage suited for documentary or educational requests about visitor-shot animal exhibits in early 1970s Chicago.
Period detail: The simple enclosures, dusty ground, chain-link fencing and faded 8mm color may show the visual character of a public zoo visit in the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, holding on captive animals as they move or stand inside their enclosures.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a zebra, an ostrich, sandy pens, trees, chain-link fencing, a white zoo building, shadows and a parked car in the background.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, gate edges, uneven exposure and a handheld home-movie feel that supports its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway or memory beat for zoo visits, captive wildlife or everyday leisure in the 1970s.
Historical context: The frames show captive animals in modest outdoor zoo settings, offering visual context for public animal display without making claims about zoo policy or conditions.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 8mm Lincoln Park Zoo zebra, ostrich in zoo enclosure, vintage Chicago zoo footage and home movie captive wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Lincoln Park Zoo material, then broader 1970s zoo or captive animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo 8mm frame showing a zebra walking through a dusty enclosure near trees and a white building. — A zebra walks through a dusty outdoor zoo enclosure with trees and a low white structure behind it.

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo frame with a zebra moving past trees, shadows and a low white zoo building. — The zebra continues across the sandy pen, passing tree shadows in front of a simple zoo building.

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo 8mm frame showing an ostrich standing in a sandy enclosure behind chain-link fencing. — An ostrich stands in a sandy zoo pen with fencing, trees and a parked car visible behind it.

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo frame showing an ostrich upright in a sandy fenced enclosure with trees and a car behind it. — The ostrich remains upright in the sandy enclosure, with chain-link fencing and a parked car in the background.

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