Irvine California-1974: Elephants Eating and Brown Gnu at Zoo

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

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Elephants Eating and Brown Gnu at Zoo — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a herd of elephants, including a large adult and two calves, feeding in a zoo enclosure. In the background, a classic station wagon is parked near a chain-link fence. The scene transitions to a brown gnu walking across a paved road under an overcast sky, with distant hills visible. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic framing of 8mm home movie footage from the 1970s.

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: 127394703

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 editorial projects needing brief 8mm animal-park or zoo cutaways from Southern California home-movie footage.
Period detail: The station wagon, 8mm color stock, and visitor-road setting support the supplied 1974 Irvine, California context without identifying a specific park or brand.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching feeding elephants and a gnu crossing a road from a casual home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include elephants with calves, hay or feed, a chain-link fence, a parked station wagon, a brown gnu, paved road, overcast sky, and distant hills.
Film character: The footage has natural 8mm grain, soft color fading, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned home movies from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, a zoo or wildlife-park insert, or a transition between family travel and broader landscape material.
Historical context: The frames suggest a mid-1970s visitor encounter with captive or managed animals in an open outdoor setting, with roads and fencing visible.
Research note: No people, faces, children, or obvious logos are visible, but copyright, location/property permissions, and animal facility identification may still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 Irvine 8mm zoo footage, 1970s home movie elephants, gnu crossing road, animal park cutaway, and vintage wildlife enclosure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel zoo or travel footage, then with 1974 Irvine material, then with broader 1970s animal-park or wildlife themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine 8mm frame showing elephants and calves feeding in an outdoor enclosure with fencing and a parked station wagon behind them. — Elephants, including calves, feed in an outdoor enclosure with a station wagon visible beyond the fence.

1974 Irvine 8mm frame of a brown gnu crossing a paved road under an overcast sky with distant hills beyond the open grounds. — A brown gnu crosses a paved road with low hills and cloudy sky in the background.

1974 Irvine 8mm frame showing a brown gnu near the edge of a paved road, with open ground, distant hills, and overcast light. — The gnu pauses or walks beside the road, framed by open grounds and distant hills.

1974 Irvine 8mm frame of a brown gnu moving along a paved road, with open animal-park grounds and hazy hills in the background. — A brown gnu walks along the road as the home-movie camera follows from a visitor viewpoint.

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