El Monte California-1937: Trained Lions at the Gay Lion Farm

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationEl Monte, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 El Monte California

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Trained Lions at the Gay Lion Farm — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film title card from 1937 displays the text 'TRAINED LIONS AT THE GAY LION FARM, EL MONTE, CALIF.' in white capital letters against a dark, grainy background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including heavy grain, soft focus, and a central vignette effect. This archival home movie clip captures a nostalgic moment from early 20th-century California, showcasing a unique animal attraction from a bygone era.

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: 127253125

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: 1937 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: El Monte, California, 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

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: This clip supports 1930s California archive requests needing a concise title-card insert for a film about trained lions or the Gay Lion Farm in El Monte.
Period detail: The visible typewritten-style title card and 8mm source metadata place the footage in a 1937 home-movie context, with El Monte, California identified in the on-screen text.
Home-movie behavior: The clip functions as a home-movie chapter title, preserving how an amateur filmmaker labeled a visit or subject before the animal footage that likely follows.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white capital lettering, a dark textured title background, soft frame edges, heavy film grain, slight vignetting, and repeated title-card frames.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkening that give the title card a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an identifying insert, chapter transition, or establishing memory beat before footage of the Gay Lion Farm or related animal-attraction material.
Historical context: The card documents a named animal attraction in El Monte through the filmmaker's own title, while the frames themselves show only the text card and film surface.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any downstream claims tied to the named attraction.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1937 8mm El Monte California title card, Gay Lion Farm home movie, trained lions archive footage, and California animal attraction film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1937 El Monte footage, and then with broader California roadside attraction or trained-animal archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm title card text reads “TRAINED LIONS AT THE GAY LION FARM, EL MONTE, CALIF.” against a dark grainy background. — Title card identifies trained lions at the Gay Lion Farm in El Monte, California.

The title card remains on screen, naming the Gay Lion Farm in El Monte, California, with soft 8mm grain and edge darkening. — The Gay Lion Farm title card holds on screen with visible 8mm texture.

A soft, grainy 1937 title frame shows white lettering for trained lions at the Gay Lion Farm, El Monte, California. — Soft-focus title text names the trained-lion subject and El Monte location.

Final visible title-card frame repeats the Gay Lion Farm, El Monte, California text with heavy grain and darkened frame edges. — The title card continues, preserving the filmmaker's label for the Gay Lion Farm sequence.

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