El Monte California-1937: Group Of People Watch A Thin Lion Walking In A Cage At

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationEl Monte, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 El Monte California

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Group Of People Watch A Thin Lion Walking In A Cage At — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a group of spectators at a zoo in El Monte, California, watching a thin lion walk within its cage. The footage is viewed through a wire mesh fence, with the lion moving slowly across the enclosure while visitors observe from behind the barrier. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene reflects early 20th-century public entertainment and wildlife exhibition, offering a candid glimpse into a bygone era of zoo visits.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127253375

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1930s 8mm zoo footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of spectators watching a caged lion in Southern California.
Period detail: The clothing, wire enclosure, and visitor arrangement may show a late-1930s public zoo or animal-display setting, consistent with the supplied El Monte, California metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot home movie, with people standing casually behind a barrier while the lion moves through the enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wire fencing, a thin lion, standing spectators, posts, benches or low barriers, shaded trees, and soft black-and-white 8mm texture.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie film character with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and scratches from the original 8mm source.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat about zoo visits, animal exhibition, public leisure, or prewar California outings.
Historical context: The scene documents spectators viewing a confined wild animal, offering visual context for public entertainment and human-animal display without asserting institutional details.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be indistinct; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm zoo spectators, El Monte California lion cage, vintage home movie animal exhibit, and Depression-era outing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1937 El Monte or Southern California material, then with zoo, leisure, or animal-exhibition themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 El Monte home-movie frame showing visitors behind a wire barrier watching a lion inside a cage-like enclosure. — Visitors watch a lion through wire fencing in a zoo setting.

1937 El Monte zoo scene with a thin lion near the fence and a small group of spectators behind wire mesh. — The lion pauses near the fence while visitors look on.

1937 El Monte home-movie still showing a lion walking in front of wire fencing as visitors observe behind it. — A lion walks past the fence with spectators beyond the enclosure.

1937 El Monte frame with a lion near the edge of a wire enclosure and visitors gathered behind the fence. — Spectators remain behind the wire as the lion moves near the edge of frame.

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