New Mexico-1972: Feline Animal In A Cage Eating Meat In A Hot Climate

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationNew, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 New Mexico

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Feline Animal In A Cage Eating Meat In A Hot Climate — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1972 captures a feline animal, likely a bobcat, eating meat inside a wire mesh enclosure at a zoo in New Mexico. The animal's spotted coat is visible through the cage as it feeds on red meat. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows a dry, sunlit landscape with sparse vegetation and a distant cityscape under a hazy sky. The scene is framed by a dark border, suggesting it was filmed through a window or doorway. The warm color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 125777439

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: New, Mexico 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 archive requests needing New Mexico zoo or captive wildlife footage with visitor-shot home-movie texture.
Period detail: The clip may show a dry zoo overlook or animal enclosure setting in 1972, with sparse landscaping, wire mesh, and warm 8mm color typical of family travel films.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, shifting from a scenic overlook toward a caged feline feeding inside an enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dry landscaped path, distant city haze, white upright structures, bare trees, wire mesh, a spotted feline, and red meat in the enclosure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift, dark frame edges, and slight handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory beat, zoo visit insert, or transition between landscape and animal enclosure material.
Historical context: The frames suggest recreational observation of captive wildlife in a hot, arid setting, without showing visitors or identifying signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or signage are visible, but animal welfare context, enclosure identity, copyright, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 New Mexico 8mm zoo footage, caged feline feeding, bobcat-like animal in wire enclosure, and arid Southwest home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then New Mexico 1972 travel or zoo material, then broader 1970s captive wildlife and arid landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 New Mexico home-movie view of a dry zoo-like overlook with a curved path, bare tree, white structures, and distant city haze. — A dry overlook and path appear against a hazy distant cityscape.

1972 New Mexico home-movie frame of a sunlit dry overlook, curved path, sparse vegetation, and hazy city in the distance. — The camera holds on the dry landscaped area and distant skyline.

1972 New Mexico home-movie frame showing a dry zoo-like landscape with a curved path, sparse plants, white upright forms, and city haze beyond. — Sparse landscaping and a curved path frame the distant hazy view.

1972 New Mexico zoo footage appears to show a bobcat-like spotted feline behind wire mesh, feeding on red meat inside an enclosure. — A spotted feline feeds behind wire mesh in a zoo enclosure.

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