Burbank California-1961: Tiger In Cave-Like Enclosure Walking And Resting

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Tiger In Cave-Like Enclosure Walking And Resting — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a tiger in a zoo enclosure, moving through a dimly lit cave-like habitat with stone walls and sparse vegetation. The animal walks cautiously, then lies down on a concrete ledge, its orange and black stripes visible in the grainy, low-light footage. Shot on 8mm film, this archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a mid-century zoo setting, with naturalistic behavior and a calm, observational tone.

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: 127403736

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

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 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot zoo wildlife footage from Southern California.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century zoo habitat with concrete ledges, artificial rockwork, sparse branches, and dim viewing conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor quietly filming an animal exhibit without staging, narration, or visible crowd activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a striped tiger, cave-like rock walls, a concrete floor and ledge, a tree trunk or post, branches, leaves, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven low-light exposure, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief zoo cutaway, animal behavior insert, or quiet transition in a sequence about captivity or family travel.
Historical context: The footage documents how a zoo animal habitat appeared to a home-movie camera in 1961, without showing visitors or identifying signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any venue or animal-display context separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 8mm zoo tiger footage, Burbank California home movie wildlife, vintage tiger enclosure, and mid-century zoo habitat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Burbank or Southern California zoo footage, then with other vintage captive-wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tiger is partly obscured in a dim 1961 Burbank zoo enclosure with artificial rock walls and dark film edges. — Tiger moving through shadowed rockwork in a cave-like enclosure.

The camera holds on a cave-like zoo habitat in Burbank, California, with a concrete ledge, rock wall, and sparse branches. — Stone-textured enclosure wall and ledge with branches crossing the frame.

A striped tiger stands near a tree trunk or post in the 1961 Burbank zoo enclosure, filmed in grainy low light. — Tiger standing near a central trunk or post inside the enclosure.

A tiger pauses near a low rock ledge in the cave-like Burbank zoo habitat, with branches and stonework around it. — Tiger paused near the ledge of a rock-textured zoo habitat.

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