Grand Canyon Arizona-1972: A Close Up Of An Ostrich As Cars Pull Around An

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Canyon, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Close Up Of An Ostrich As Cars Pull Around An — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1972 captures a large ostrich standing on a grassy roadside near a zoo or wildlife park. The ostrich, with its distinctive black feathers and long neck, is seen in close-up as classic American cars from the era drive past on a paved road. The scene unfolds under a bright blue sky with scattered trees and green hills in the background, showcasing the nostalgic charm of 1970s family road trips and wildlife encounters. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124570403

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1970s 8mm wildlife-park or roadside animal footage for documentary inserts about family road trips, zoo visits, and casual animal encounters in the American Southwest.
Period detail: The rounded sedans, bright color palette, and home-movie framing support an early 1970s travel-film reading, with the 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona setting coming from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, staying close to the ostrich as cars pass and suggesting an informal stop during a family travel outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ostrich, paved park road, passing cars, grassy verge, scattered trees, low hills, blue sky, and one grazing antelope-like animal.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and handheld movement that give the footage recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between road-trip scenes and wildlife-park material.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual visitor encounter with large animals near a road, reflecting roadside tourism and animal-park viewing practices visible in the footage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, animal facility permissions, and any location or property claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Searches for 1972 8mm Grand Canyon animal park, ostrich near cars, 1970s zoo road footage, or home movie wildlife encounter may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1972 Grand Canyon or Arizona travel footage, then broader 1970s roadside wildlife and zoo-visit scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Large ostrich near a paved road in 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona home-movie footage, with cars, grass, trees, and low hills behind it. — A close roadside view of an ostrich as cars move through a park-like landscape.

Ostrich seen from behind near a road in supplied 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona footage, with cars, trees, grass, and open sky visible. — The ostrich turns away from the camera as vehicles pass on the road behind it.

Close home-movie view of an ostrich by a paved park road in 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona footage, with a white car and other vehicles nearby. — A large ostrich fills the foreground while a white car approaches along the roadside.

An antelope-like animal grazes near a paved road in the same 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona home-movie sequence, with a grassy slope behind it. — A grazing antelope-like animal appears near the roadside at the end of the clip.

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