Irvine California-1974: A Cheetah Taking A Leisurely Stroll Through The Plains

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

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A Cheetah Taking A Leisurely Stroll Through The Plains — Clip Details

A cheetah walks gracefully through a dry, grassy enclosure at a zoo or wildlife park in Irvine, California, in 1974. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the big cat's spotted coat and distinctive black-tipped tail as it moves past a chain-link fence. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, vintage home movie feel, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife 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: 127394909

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 wildlife, zoo, or California leisure-era sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a cheetah in motion.
Period detail: The chain-link enclosure, dry landscaped ground, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-1970s zoo or wildlife-park setting in Irvine, California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of visitor-shot observation, holding on the animal as it walks rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a spotted cheetah, black-tipped ringed tail, chain-link fence, dry grass, sparse plants, bare ground, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, muted color, visible grain, and gate shadows give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, zoo visit insert, transitional nature beat, or period memory detail in a 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a visitor perspective on captive wildlife viewing in the 1970s without identifying a specific facility beyond the supplied Irvine metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright clearance is separate from any zoo, animal, or location-related use review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 Irvine California 8mm cheetah footage, 1970s zoo home movie, vintage wildlife park big cat, and Super 8 captive wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Irvine 1974 material, then broader 1970s zoo or big-cat wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cheetah in a dry fenced enclosure, filmed from a visitor viewpoint in Irvine, California, 1974. — A cheetah moves across dry ground behind a chain-link fence.

The cheetah passes sparse plants with its ringed tail visible.

A cheetah continues across the enclosure in grainy 8mm footage from Irvine, California, dated 1974. — The animal continues walking past dry grass and young plants.

The cheetah remains in profile as the handheld shot follows its path.

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