Irvine California-1974: Mother and Baby Giraffe Eating Hay in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Mother and Baby Giraffe Eating Hay in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a mother and baby giraffe in an enclosure at a zoo or wildlife park in Irvine, California. The adult giraffe bends its long neck to eat hay from a log while the smaller calf stands nearby. The footage shows natural behavior in a contained environment, with chain-link fencing and greenery in the background under an overcast sky. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain give it authentic retro charm.

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: 127394539

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 zoo wildlife, parent-and-young animal behavior, or visitor-shot California home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, soft exposure, chain-link zoo fencing, hay feeding, and an outdoor enclosure consistent with the supplied 1974 Irvine metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing the adult giraffe and calf feeding without staged action or visible human intervention.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult giraffe, a smaller calf, hay, a dark log or feeding structure, chain-link fencing, dirt ground, trees, and overcast sky.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight fading, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing that support its physical-film archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, animal behavior insert, zoo visit memory beat, or transition within 1970s family and wildlife sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a contained zoo or wildlife park setting where visitors filmed giraffes feeding in an outdoor enclosure during the 1970s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but location and property context should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 8mm giraffes at zoo, Irvine California wildlife park home movie, mother and baby giraffe eating hay, and vintage zoo animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1974 Irvine or Southern California zoo footage, then with broader vintage animal and family outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine home-movie frame showing an adult giraffe and calf near hay in a fenced zoo enclosure. — Adult giraffe and calf feed near hay in an outdoor zoo enclosure.

Adult giraffe lowers its neck toward hay as a calf remains nearby in the 1974 Irvine zoo enclosure footage. — The adult giraffe lowers its head to feed while the calf stands nearby.

In the 1974 Irvine 8mm frame, the adult giraffe bends over hay while the smaller calf is partly obscured behind it. — Adult giraffe bends down to eat from the hay pile inside the fenced enclosure.

Adult giraffe and calf feed together from hay beside a dark log in the supplied 1974 Irvine zoo home-movie footage. — Adult and young giraffe feed together near a log with fencing and trees behind them.

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