Irvine California-1974: Lions Resting in Grass with Car

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

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Lions Resting in Grass with Car — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: A group of lions rests in a grassy enclosure on a clear day, with a vintage white car parked nearby on a road. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the majestic animals lounging and interacting in a relaxed state, their tawny manes contrasting with the green grass. The scene, viewed through a dark frame, evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and vintage wildlife observation, likely from a drive-through safari or zoo. The film's natural grain and color palette enhance its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127393878

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: 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 archival requests needing drive-through wildlife park or zoo visitor footage with lions and period roadside automobiles.
Period detail: The white coupe and home-movie framing support a mid-1970s California setting, with the scene appearing to show a safari-style animal enclosure near a road.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of visitor-shot observation, watching lions rest and shift in grass from behind a dark car-window or gate-like frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several lions, a maned male lion, grass, a roadside, white vintage cars, rocks, brush, and a dark vertical frame edge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, period wildlife insert, roadside attraction transition, or memory beat in a 1970s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a visitor view of captive or managed wildlife near automobiles, suggesting the era's drive-through animal-park experience without identifying a specific venue.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but animal venue permissions and property context may still need separate rights review from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1974 Irvine 8mm lions, 1970s California safari park footage, vintage zoo home movie, and lions near cars archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Irvine or 1974 California footage, then broader 1970s zoo, safari park, wildlife, or roadside attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine, California home-movie frame showing lions lying in grass near a roadside with a white vintage car behind them. — Several lions rest in a grassy enclosure while a white period car is visible on the road beyond.

1974 Irvine, California frame of a maned lion standing among resting lions in grass near a road and white vintage car. — A male lion stands beside reclining lions as a white car remains visible beyond the enclosure.

1974 Irvine, California frame with a maned lion facing the camera while other lions lie in grass near vintage cars. — The male lion faces the camera amid the group, with parked or passing cars behind the enclosure.

1974 Irvine, California home-movie frame showing lions in a grassy enclosure with vintage white cars along the road behind. — Lions rest and stand in the grass as vintage cars and a roadside background place the scene in a visitor-view setting.

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