Irvine California-1974: Lioness And Cubs Cross Road Near Cars

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

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Lioness And Cubs Cross Road Near Cars — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: A mother lion and two cubs walk across a paved road near parked cars, filmed from inside a vehicle. The scene captures a rare moment of wild felines in a suburban setting, with the lions moving calmly through the asphalt. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows natural grain and color fading typical of home movies from the 1970s. The surrounding landscape includes grassy hills and scattered trees, suggesting a wildlife park or sanctuary. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of human-animal interaction during a time when such encounters were more common in certain areas.

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: 127394229

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 home-movie footage from Irvine, California, useful for documentary or educational edits about visitor wildlife encounters, road crossings, or animal parks.
Period detail: The parked station wagon, soft color fading, and paved visitor road may show a mid-1970s wildlife-park setting consistent with the 1974 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor filming from inside a car as a lioness and cubs move calmly across the road nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, two cubs, parked cars, a paved road, vehicle-window framing, grassy slopes, scattered trees, and 8mm film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that add authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for human proximity to wildlife in a 1970s leisure setting.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests a controlled wildlife-visitor environment where animals and cars share a roadway, without confirming the facility or circumstances.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but animal setting, vehicles, location claims, copyright, and any property or facility permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s Irvine wildlife park footage, 8mm lioness and cubs crossing road, and home movie animals near cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1974 Irvine footage, then 1970s wildlife-park, animal-roadway, or family travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1974 Irvine, California footage, a lioness and cubs cross a paved road beside parked cars, filmed through a vehicle window. — A lioness and cubs move across the road near visitor cars.

A lioness walks across the paved road while cubs remain nearby, with a car hood and window framing visible in the 1974 Irvine footage. — The lioness continues across the roadway as cubs linger nearby.

The lioness passes partly out of frame while a cub stands farther along the road in 1974 Irvine home-movie footage. — The animals spread out across the road as the camera watches from a car.

A cub stands alone on the paved road in the Irvine, California scene, with grassy ground and trees behind it. — A cub pauses on the roadway after the others have moved out of frame.

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