Irvine California-1974: Lion Family Walking In Grass Adult Male Adult Female And

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

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Lion Family Walking In Grass Adult Male Adult Female And — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a lion family walking across a grassy savanna. A male lion with a full mane leads the group, followed by a female lion and several cubs. The footage, framed by dark borders suggesting a window view, shows the lions moving through tall grass under an overcast sky. The warm, faded color palette and film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of wild animals in their natural habitat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127394198

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: 1970s 8mm wildlife-style home-movie footage useful for documentary inserts about lions, zoo or safari-park visits, family travel, and animal behavior.
Period detail: The faded color, soft focus, rounded film-frame edges, and contact-print borders support a 1970s home-movie reading, while the setting appears as open grassy terrain.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing the lions from a distance as they move and rest without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a maned male lion, an adult lioness, several cubs, tall grass, pale open ground, overcast sky, dark film borders, and mild camera softness.
Film character: The 8mm scan has muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and soft handheld framing that add physical-film texture to the animal scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition into zoo or safari material, or quiet observational beat.
Historical context: The footage reflects amateur 1970s interest in filming large animals at a distance, with no people, signage, or facility details visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but users should verify copyright status and any location or animal-facility permissions separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1970s 8mm lions with cubs, vintage home movie lion family, maned lion walking in grass, and Irvine California 1974 wildlife footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Irvine or 1974 animal footage, then broader 1970s 8mm wildlife and zoo-visit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm frame from Irvine, California showing a maned male lion moving across grassy terrain with dark film borders. — A maned male lion walks left to right through grass in a softly focused 8mm frame.

1974 8mm frame from Irvine, California showing a male lion near a lioness and cubs in open grassy terrain. — The lion family gathers and moves through grass, with the maned male beside smaller cubs.

1974 8mm frame from Irvine, California showing a lioness, cubs, and a maned male lion grouped in grass. — A lioness and cubs appear close together while the male lion stands nearby in the grass.

1974 8mm frame from Irvine, California showing a lioness, cubs, and a male lion at the edge of tall grass. — The family remains grouped in the grass, with the male lion turned partly away from the camera.

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