Chicago Illinois-1972: Two Tigers Pacing In Cage And A Rhino In Enclosure At A

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Chicago Illinois

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Two Tigers Pacing In Cage And A Rhino In Enclosure At A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures two tigers pacing in a zoo enclosure, one white and one orange, behind metal bars. The scene transitions to a rhinoceros in a separate enclosure, viewed through a grainy, slightly faded lens typical of Super 8 footage. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality with muted colors and film grain, evoking mid-20th century zoo visits. The animals move slowly, highlighting their confinement in a daytime setting.

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: 125873806

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: Chicago, 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 from Chicago for documentary or educational sequences about captive wildlife, family outings, or changing public views of animal display.
Period detail: The barred enclosures, muted color stock, and home-movie framing may show a 1972 visitor view of zoo animal habitats rather than a staged wildlife scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor position as the tigers pace behind bars and the rhinoceros stands in its enclosure, preserving an unstaged zoo-visit perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white tiger, an orange tiger, metal cage bars, concrete enclosure surfaces, a rhinoceros, rockwork, dirt ground, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-print darkness that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief cutaway, insert, or transition for zoo visits, animal captivity, childhood memory, or archival urban recreation sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents how a home-movie visitor recorded large zoo animals in confined viewing areas, with emphasis on observation through barriers.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, zoo/property context, and animal-identification needs for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Chicago zoo 8mm footage, vintage home movie tigers in cage, white tiger pacing, and rhinoceros enclosure archival clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chicago 1972 zoo footage, then broader vintage zoo, captive wildlife, and 8mm family outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Chicago 8mm frame showing a white tiger and an orange tiger behind metal bars in a zoo enclosure. — Two tigers pace behind the bars of a zoo enclosure.

Visitor-shot 1972 Chicago zoo frame with a white tiger at left and an orange tiger at right behind cage bars. — A white tiger and an orange tiger move inside the barred enclosure.

1972 Chicago home-movie frame showing two tigers pacing behind metal bars in a zoo setting. — The tigers continue pacing behind the cage bars.

Grainy 1972 Chicago 8mm frame showing a rhinoceros in a zoo enclosure with rockwork and dirt ground. — A rhinoceros stands in a separate enclosure near artificial rockwork.

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