Irvine California-1974: Elephants Feeding in Zoo Enclosure with Calves

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIrvine, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Irvine California

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Elephants Feeding in Zoo Enclosure with Calves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a herd of elephants, including adults and calves, in an enclosure at a zoo or wildlife park in Irvine, California. The elephants are seen feeding on hay and interacting near a wooden structure, with trees and a chain-link fence visible in the background. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife in a managed setting.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127394658

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 documentary or educational sequences needing visitor-shot zoo footage of elephants with calves in a managed California enclosure.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, muted color, fencing, hay, and open zoo grounds support a 1974 Irvine, California setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, observing adult elephants and calves feeding rather than arranging behavior for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several elephants, at least two calves, hay or feed piles, trees, dry ground, a chain-link fence, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief wildlife cutaway, zoo visit insert, family-memory transition, or visual bridge in a 1970s animal-care sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents elephants in a public zoo or wildlife-park enclosure, showing managed animal display and visitor-era observation without identifying the facility on-screen.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, zoo-property context, and animal-care claims should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1974 8mm elephant zoo calves, Irvine California wildlife park home movie, or 1970s elephants feeding enclosure may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1974 Irvine or California zoo footage, then broader 1970s home movies of animals in managed enclosures.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine, California 8mm frame showing adult elephants and calves near hay in a zoo or wildlife-park enclosure. — Adult elephants and calves gather around feed in an open enclosure.

1974 Irvine, California home-movie frame with elephants and a calf feeding near hay, trees, and a fence. — A group of elephants feeds while a small calf stands to the side.

1974 Irvine, California 8mm still of elephants and calves clustered around feed in a managed outdoor enclosure. — Elephants and calves remain grouped around the feed area.

1974 Irvine, California frame showing adult elephants and a calf feeding in a zoo or wildlife-park enclosure. — The herd continues feeding near trees and a background fence.

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