Grand Canyon Arizona-1972: Ostriches At Animal Park Kneeling And Laying Down

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

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Ostriches At Animal Park Kneeling And Laying Down — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a curious scene at an animal park near the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Two ostriches are seen on a grassy slope beside a road, one lying on its side while the other stands nearby. A classic American car is parked on the roadside, adding to the nostalgic 1970s atmosphere. The footage shows natural behavior and movement, with one ostrich flapping its wings and the other resting, all under bright daylight with visible film grain and color saturation 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: 124570443

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 for 1970s archival requests needing visitor-shot animal park footage from the Grand Canyon, Arizona area for documentary, education, or period cutaway use.
Period detail: The roadside setting, parked 1970s car shape, and saturated 8mm color may show a casual animal park stop during early 1970s travel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a traveler pausing to film ostriches resting and moving on a grassy slope from across a roadside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two ostriches, a grassy bank, roadside pavement, a parked dark car, bare trees, scattered feed or straw, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that give the short scene clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief animal-park insert, a travel-memory cutaway, or a transition from Grand Canyon tourism to roadside attractions.
Historical context: The scene reflects a visitor perspective on roadside animal attractions associated with regional travel, without identifying a specific facility from the frames alone.
Research note: No people are visible, but copyright, location permissions, animal-park context, and any vehicle identification should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1972 8mm ostriches, Grand Canyon Arizona animal park, vintage home movie roadside wildlife, and ostrich flapping footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1972 Grand Canyon or Arizona travel footage, and then with broader vintage animal park or roadside attraction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame from the Grand Canyon, Arizona area showing two ostriches on a grassy roadside slope, with a dark parked car at left. — Two ostriches are seen beside a road, one lying down while the other stands on the slope.

1972 8mm frame showing an ostrich flapping its wings near another resting ostrich at an animal park near Grand Canyon, Arizona. — One ostrich flaps its wings while the second remains low on the grass near the road.

1972 home-movie frame from the Grand Canyon, Arizona area with two ostriches on a grassy animal-park slope beside a road. — The resting ostrich lies near the roadside as the second bird stands higher on the slope.

Final 1972 8mm frame showing two ostriches settled on a grassy roadside slope near Grand Canyon, Arizona, with trees behind them. — Both ostriches are low to the ground on the grassy bank at the end of the short scene.

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