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Irvine California-1974: Lion Country Safari Sign with Tusk Sculpture

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

  • Year1974
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationIrvine, California, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1974 Irvine California

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Lion Country Safari Sign with Tusk Sculpture — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: A vintage 8mm film view of the Lion Country Safari entrance sign, featuring bold yellow lettering on a blue background. The iconic white tusk sculpture with a circular lion emblem stands prominently beside the road. Overcast skies and utility poles line the roadside, capturing a nostalgic mid-1970s roadside attraction in Southern California. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering authentic archival footage of a classic family destination.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127393630

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

  • People visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: Yes
  • 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
1974 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
Irvine, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • color
  • signs
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • objects
  • view
  • blue
  • yellow
  • lion
  • country
  • safari
  • sign
  • clear
  • day
  • symbols
  • irvine california
  • 1974
  • Lion Country Safari
  • Irvine California 1974
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1970s family vacation
  • roadside attraction
  • yellow and blue sign
  • tusk sculpture
  • classic American zoo
  • retro travel footage
  • 1970s nostalgia
  • archival home movie
  • vintage Americana
  • outdoor signage
  • 8mm home movie footage
  • historic California
  • family entertainment
  • old film footage
  • 1970s California
  • vintage wildlife park

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s 8mm roadside-attraction footage for productions needing a brief Southern California travel, leisure, or family-destination establishing insert.
Period detail
The blue-and-yellow Lion Country Safari sign, white tusk-like entrance sculpture, roadside utility poles, and overcast suburban edge setting support a mid-1970s Irvine, California context from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from near the roadway, holding on the entrance sign and landmark sculpture as a quick record of arrival.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include the Lion Country Safari sign, white arched tusk sculpture, circular lion emblem, paved road, grassy hillside, utility poles, cloudy sky, and film frame borders.
Film character
The footage shows 8mm color grain, soft exposure, slight handheld movement, dust specks, and contact-print framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for a 1970s Southern California attraction sequence.
Historical context
The scene documents the visual language of a drive-up animal park entrance and roadside leisure destination without showing visitors, animals, or interior attractions.
Research note
The visible Lion Country Safari name and emblem require brand or trademark review, while no identifiable people, children, audible music, or private interiors are visible in these frames.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1974 Irvine 8mm Lion Country Safari sign, 1970s Southern California roadside attraction, and vintage home movie animal park entrance.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 Irvine or Southern California attraction footage, then broader 1970s family travel and roadside-sign material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine, California 8mm frame showing the Lion Country Safari sign, white tusk-like sculpture, circular lion emblem, road, utility poles, and grassy hillside.
Lion Country Safari entrance sign and sculpture.
1974 Irvine, California frame with the blue-and-yellow Lion Country Safari sign in front of the roadway and the white arched sculpture with lion emblem beyond it.
Roadside entrance marker for Lion Country Safari.
1974 Irvine, California home-movie frame holding on the Lion Country Safari sign, tusk-like white entrance form, roadside pavement, poles, and muted hillside under overcast light.
Sign and entrance sculpture viewed from the roadside.
1974 Irvine, California frame showing the Lion Country Safari entrance sign, landmark white arches, circular lion emblem, road markings, utility poles, and cloudy sky.
Entrance sign, road, and white arch sculpture.

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