Oakland California-1937: View Of Trained Lions Film Sign And Large Flock Of Birds

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationOakland, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Oakland California

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View Of Trained Lions Film Sign And Large Flock Of Birds — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1937 captures a bustling outdoor scene in Oakland, California. A large flock of birds, likely ducks or geese, gathers densely around a pond or water feature, with a few white birds standing out among the darker flock. In the background, a stone structure resembling a fountain or monument is visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a distinct purple color cast. The clip concludes with a title card reading 'TRAINED LIONS AT THE GAY LION FARM, EL MONTE, CALIF.'

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127255165

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: Oakland, 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: 1930s California animal and outdoor cutaway footage suited for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing brief home-movie evidence of birds and a circus-animal title card.
Period detail: The typed title card, soft 8mm image, and 1937 metadata place the clip in a late-1930s amateur-film context, with the final card naming Gay Lion Farm in El Monte, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an outdoor bird gathering from a visitor-like distance, then cuts to a photographed title card rather than a staged narrative scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dense flock of dark birds, a few white birds, a pond or paved water edge, a stone fountain-like structure, black frame borders, and a title card.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm home-movie look with visible grain, uneven exposure, purple color cast, gate edges, and slight blur that signal original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short animal-life cutaway, a transition into a California travel reel, or a title-card beat before footage about trained lions.
Historical context: The clip may show recreational or animal-attraction imagery from 1930s California home movies, but the visible frames do not confirm a specific Oakland landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, though copyright and location/property context should still be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1937 8mm California home movie birds by pond, Oakland animal footage, Gay Lion Farm El Monte title card, and trained lions archival reel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1937 Oakland or El Monte material, and finally with broader 1930s California animal-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 California home-movie frame showing many dark birds and a few white birds clustered near a pond or paved water feature. — A dense flock gathers beside a water feature, with a stone fountain-like structure behind it.

1937 California footage frame with a crowded group of birds along a pond edge and a stone feature visible in the background. — Birds cluster across the foreground near the water, with the background structure partly visible.

Black-and-white 8mm title card stating trained lions at the Gay Lion Farm in El Monte, California. — The reel title card identifies trained lions at the Gay Lion Farm in El Monte, California.

Later frame of the same 1937 title card with white lettering naming trained lions at Gay Lion Farm, El Monte, California. — The title card remains on screen, with the Gay Lion Farm location clearly legible.

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