El Monte California-1937: Sedated Lion Moved Within Enclosure By Handler

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

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Sedated Lion Moved Within Enclosure By Handler — Clip Details

EL MONTE CALIFORNIA-1937: A sedated lion is moved within its enclosure by a single handler, viewed through a chain-link fence. Shot on 8mm film, this grainy black-and-white footage captures the animal lying motionless on the ground while a person in light-colored clothing attends to it. The scene conveys a somber, historical moment at a mid-20th century zoo, with the fence creating a barrier between observer and subject. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus and natural lighting, offering a rare glimpse into early animal care practices. Ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, and nostalgic content about wildlife management in the 1930s.

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: 127253621

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s animal-care, zoo, or captive wildlife sequences needing a brief archival insert with a handler and sedated lion seen through fencing.
Period detail: The light clothing, chain-link enclosure, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported El Monte 1937 setting place the scene in a Depression-era zoo or animal facility context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from outside the enclosure through the fence, giving the moment a visitor-shot, unscripted home-movie viewpoint rather than a staged animal demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chain-link fence, a motionless lion on bare ground, a handler in light clothing, enclosure shadows, soft background foliage, and dark film-edge obstruction.
Film character: The footage has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that emphasize its original home-movie film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber cutaway, historical insert, or transition beat in sequences about captive wildlife, zoo labor, animal handling, or archival animal care.
Historical context: The scene shows a human handler attending to a large captive animal, offering visual context for earlier public viewing and management of wildlife in enclosed settings.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable, and users should assess copyright, likeness, animal-welfare sensitivity, and any location or property permissions separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm zoo footage, sedated lion in enclosure, animal handler home movie, El Monte California wildlife footage, and vintage captive animal care.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then El Monte or 1937 California material, then broader 1930s zoo, animal enclosure, or wildlife-handling footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In El Monte, California in 1937, a lion lies on bare enclosure ground while a handler stands nearby behind chain-link fencing. — A handler stands near a motionless lion inside a fenced enclosure.

A 1937 El Monte enclosure scene shows a handler in light clothing beside a motionless lion, viewed through chain-link fence. — The handler remains close to the lion as the fence dominates the foreground.

The handler appears to reach toward the sedated lion inside the El Monte enclosure, filmed from outside the chain-link barrier. — A handler leans toward the lion while the camera watches through the fence.

A partially cropped handler stands beside a motionless lion in the 1937 El Monte enclosure, with fence diamonds across the frame. — The lion remains on the ground as the handler stands at the edge of the frame.

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