Irvine California-1974: Lion Country Safari Entrance and Animal Enclosure

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

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Lion Country Safari Entrance and Animal Enclosure — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures the entrance to Lion Country Safari, featuring its iconic tusks and sign. The clip shows a wide, open enclosure with zebras, ostriches, antelope, and other animals roaming freely under an overcast sky. Shot from a moving vehicle, the film displays classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural imperfections, offering authentic archival footage of a 1970s wildlife park experience.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127393636

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot footage of Lion Country Safari in Irvine, California, and its drive-through animal enclosure.
Period detail: The entrance sign, sculptural tusks, roadside utility poles, open range enclosure, and faded 8mm color place the footage in a 1970s wildlife park setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's moving-car perspective, shifting from the roadside entrance to distant animals as the camera records an unstaged park visit.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the Lion Country Safari entrance sign, large white tusk structure, road edge, rolling enclosure, zebras, ostrich, antelope-like animals, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate edges, dust specks, muted color, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, a transition into a 1970s family travel sequence, or a cutaway for wildlife park context.
Historical context: The footage shows how a Southern California wildlife attraction presented exotic animals in broad open enclosures to visitors filming from cars.
Research note: Review may be needed for the visible Lion Country Safari name, possible distant visitors, and any copyright, trademark, likeness, or location-related permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1974 Irvine Lion Country Safari 8mm, 1970s wildlife park entrance, drive-through safari home movie, and vintage animal enclosure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage from the same visit, then other Irvine 1974 material, then 1970s theme park, roadside attraction, or zoo and safari footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine footage showing the Lion Country Safari entrance sign, white tusk structure, road markings, and utility poles under overcast skies. — Entrance view with the Lion Country Safari sign and tusk-shaped gateway structure.

Irvine wildlife park enclosure with zebras, an ostrich, antelope-like animals, and distant visitors or vehicles on rolling ground. — Open enclosure with zebras, an ostrich, and other animals spread across the range.

1974 Lion Country Safari enclosure view with zebras, a large bird, antelope-like animals, dirt foreground, and low hills in the background. — Animals cluster in the open safari enclosure as the camera looks across the range.

Irvine 1974 animal enclosure view with zebras, an ostrich, several hoofed animals, open range terrain, and distant hillside under clouds. — Final enclosure view showing zebras, an ostrich, and other animals in the open park landscape.

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