Irvine California-1974: Elephant Family In Zoo Enclosure With Safari Vehicle

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

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Elephant Family In Zoo Enclosure With Safari Vehicle — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: A family of elephants, including several young calves, roam within a sandy enclosure at a zoo. An adult elephant walks through the group while a man in a light-colored shirt stands near a vintage safari-style vehicle in the background. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the natural movement of the elephants as they forage on hay, with a chain-link fence and trees visible beyond the enclosure. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the mid-1970s.

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: 127394690

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 zoo footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing elephants in a visitor-observed enclosure in Irvine, California.
Period detail: The vintage safari-style vehicle, faded color, and 8mm home-movie texture support the 1974 setting noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, watching elephants forage and shift around hay while a staff member or visitor stands near a vehicle in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, young calves, hay on sandy ground, a chain-link fence, trees beyond the enclosure, and a light-colored safari-style vehicle.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or animal-care insert within a 1970s zoo, family outing, or wildlife-in-captivity sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents public zoo viewing of elephants in a fenced sandy habitat, with human presence kept distant and secondary to the animals.
Research note: A person is visible in the background, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any zoo-related permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1974 Irvine zoo elephants, 1970s 8mm elephant enclosure, home movie zoo animals, and elephant calves with adult herd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel zoo or family outing material, then other Irvine 1974 clips, then broader 1970s zoo and captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine zoo footage showing several elephants, including young animals, gathered in a sandy enclosure with hay and a distant vehicle. — Elephants gather around hay inside a fenced zoo enclosure.

Adult and young elephants forage in a sandy Irvine zoo enclosure, with a light-colored vehicle and distant person near the fence line. — An adult elephant stands beside a younger elephant near scattered hay.

1974 Irvine zoo view of an adult elephant and young elephant feeding or standing near hay inside a sandy fenced enclosure. — Elephants stand close together near a hay pile in the enclosure.

Several elephants, including a young animal, cluster around hay in a 1974 Irvine zoo enclosure with a safari-style vehicle in the background. — The elephant group clusters around hay with fencing and a vehicle behind them.

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