Irvine California-1974: Elephant Herd Investigates Zebra-Striped Jeep in Open Field

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

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Elephant Herd Investigates Zebra-Striped Jeep in Open Field — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: A herd of elephants, including adults and calves, gathers in an open field near a zebra-striped jeep. The elephants investigate the vehicle, with one adult extending its trunk toward the front of the car. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a unique wildlife encounter in a naturalistic setting with dry hills and scattered trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking 1970s nostalgia.

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: 127394802

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s wildlife park or Southern California archive requests needing visitor-shot animal encounter footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The zebra-striped open jeep, muted color stock, and 8mm home-movie texture support the 1974 Irvine, California metadata while avoiding identification of a specific facility.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective as elephants cluster around a parked safari-style jeep and one adult reaches its trunk toward the front of the vehicle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, calves, a zebra-striped jeep, dry open ground, scattered trees, pale rocks, low hills, and a person seated inside the vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s wildlife tourism, animal behavior, or unusual roadside safari encounters.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects a controlled wildlife-viewing environment where visitors observe large animals from vehicles in an open, naturalistic field.
Research note: Human likeness and site identification may need review because a person is visible in the jeep, while copyright, likeness, property, and facility permissions are separate issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 8mm Irvine California elephant herd, zebra-striped jeep wildlife park, vintage home movie safari vehicle, and elephants investigating car.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 Irvine footage, then broader 1970s wildlife park or elephant encounter material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine, California 8mm frame showing elephants and calves clustered near a zebra-striped jeep in a dry open field. — A herd of elephants stands close to a zebra-striped jeep in the field.

1974 Irvine, California frame with an adult elephant reaching its trunk toward a zebra-striped jeep as calves stand nearby. — An adult elephant reaches toward the jeep while the herd remains gathered around it.

1974 Irvine, California 8mm frame showing elephants and calves grouped tightly beside a zebra-striped safari-style jeep. — The herd remains close to the parked striped jeep in the open field.

1974 Irvine, California frame of elephants surrounding a zebra-striped jeep, with trees, rocks, and dry hills in the background. — Elephants surround the striped jeep as one animal keeps its trunk near the vehicle.

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