Grand Canyon Arizona-1972: Cheetahs Relaxing In Enclosure With Red Car In Background

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

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Cheetahs Relaxing In Enclosure With Red Car In Background — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures cheetahs in a grassy enclosure. One cheetah sits alertly, scanning its surroundings, while others rest on the green lawn. A red car is visible in the background, suggesting a drive-through safari or zoo visit. The footage has a nostalgic, slightly grainy quality with warm, faded colors typical of Super 8 film from the early 1970s. The scene evokes a sense of calm observation and classic Americana wildlife viewing.

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: 124570536

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: 1970s 8mm wildlife-viewing footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing cheetahs resting in a zoo or safari-style enclosure.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s visitor wildlife viewing, with a red car beyond the grass and the faded 8mm color supporting the dated home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing cheetahs quietly from a distance rather than staging animal behavior for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting cheetahs, green grass, a fallen tree or branch, low enclosure terrain, a red car in the distance, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of casual home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet observational insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1970s family trip sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational animal viewing through a home-movie lens, with cheetahs seen in managed grounds rather than in open wilderness.
Research note: No people or readable logos are visible, but animal facility location and vehicle/property context may still need rights and source-history review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm cheetahs in enclosure, vintage safari park home movie, Grand Canyon Arizona 1972 wildlife visit, and resting big cats on grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1972 Grand Canyon or Arizona travel footage, then broader vintage zoo or safari-park animal scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame from Grand Canyon, Arizona metadata showing cheetahs in a grassy enclosure with a red car beyond them. — One cheetah sits alertly while another rests low in the grass, with a red car visible behind the enclosure.

1972 8mm frame showing two cheetahs resting on green grass near a fallen branch in the reported Arizona enclosure. — Two cheetahs lie apart on the grass, with a large dark fallen branch crossing the background.

Cheetahs rest in a grassy managed enclosure in this 1972 8mm Grand Canyon, Arizona home-movie frame. — A cheetah lies stretched in the foreground while another rests farther back near the fallen tree.

1972 8mm frame showing two cheetahs resting on grass in a safari or zoo-style enclosure, with a fallen branch behind them. — Two cheetahs remain at rest in the grass as the camera frames the enclosure and fallen branch.

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