Burbank California-1961: Spotted Jaguar Prowling in Zoo Enclosure

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Spotted Jaguar Prowling in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A spotted jaguar prowls within a zoo enclosure, its agile form moving across a log and rocky terrain. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animal in a naturalistic habitat with a chain-link fence visible in the background. The grainy, slightly faded quality and warm color tones evoke a nostalgic 1960s home movie aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 127403703

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Burbank, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 Burbank zoo footage for productions needing a brief archival animal enclosure cutaway or wildlife-in-captivity insert.
Period detail: The chain-link fencing, rocky habitat, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century Southern California zoo visitor view.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, watching the jaguar move across a log and enclosure terrain from outside the habitat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a spotted jaguar, branch or log, rocky ground, chain-link fencing, plants, and enclosure barriers.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, and slight handheld instability consistent with home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a zoo cutaway, animal behavior insert, transition beat, or memory fragment in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a captive big cat habitat as seen by a visitor, with fencing and constructed terrain visible in the frame.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any zoo-location or animal-display context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Burbank zoo jaguar, 8mm zoo animal footage, captive big cat home movie, and vintage California wildlife enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Burbank zoo material, then broader vintage zoo and captive wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Burbank zoo footage, a spotted jaguar stands on a log with chain-link fencing and rocky terrain behind it. — Jaguar pauses on a log inside the zoo enclosure.

The jaguar moves along a raised log in the Burbank zoo enclosure, with fencing and constructed rocks visible behind it. — Jaguar prowls along the log near the fence line.

A soft, blurred 8mm frame shows pale enclosure ground and dark fencing or shadow as the camera shifts within the zoo scene. — Camera movement creates a blurred view of the enclosure floor.

The jaguar appears partly obscured beside chain-link fencing and green plants within the 1961 Burbank zoo enclosure. — Jaguar passes near the fence and foliage.

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