Lincoln Park Illinois USA-1972: Ostrich And Giraffe At The Zoo

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

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Ostrich And Giraffe At The Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a visit to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The footage shows an ostrich walking through its sandy enclosure behind a chain-link fence, followed by a close-up of a giraffe's long neck and patterned coat. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, evoking a nostalgic 1970s family outing. The scenes reflect a casual, personal perspective of wildlife viewing at a classic American zoo.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124349263

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 8mm zoo footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing visitor-level views of ostrich and giraffe enclosures.
Period detail: The chain-link animal enclosures, sandy paddock, and faded home-movie color support a 1972 zoo visit context without adding unsupported site detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, with animals framed casually as a family camera follows movement through zoo exhibits.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an ostrich in a sandy enclosure, chain-link fencing, trees, a dark vehicle-like shape beyond the fence, and a giraffe neck and patterned body.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus, faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief zoo insert, animal cutaway, travel memory beat, or transition within 1970s family outing material.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual public zoo visit and period animal-display viewing from outside fenced enclosures.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or clear private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location permissions, and any property concerns separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 8mm Lincoln Park Zoo footage, vintage zoo home movie, ostrich enclosure, and giraffe close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Lincoln Park or Illinois 1972 material, then with broader vintage zoo and animal-viewing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm Lincoln Park Zoo view of an ostrich partly framed at the right edge behind a chain-link fence. — An ostrich stands near the edge of a sandy fenced zoo enclosure.

1972 visitor-shot 8mm frame of an ostrich walking through a sandy enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo. — The ostrich walks across the enclosure with fence and trees in the background.

Closer 1972 8mm view of an ostrich walking in a sandy zoo enclosure behind chain-link fencing. — A closer frame shows the ostrich moving past the fence line.

1972 Lincoln Park Zoo frame showing a giraffe neck and patterned body near a paved visitor path. — A giraffe bends across the frame beside a paved zoo walkway.

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