Burbank California-1961: Tiger Walking in Zoo Enclosure

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

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Tiger Walking in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a tiger walking slowly through its enclosure at what appears to be a zoo or wildlife facility in Burbank, California. The animal moves with deliberate grace across a concrete floor, its distinctive orange and black stripes clearly visible against the muted, earthy tones of the habitat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century animal exhibits. The tiger’s powerful presence and calm demeanor are highlighted in this archival clip, which evokes a sense of quiet observation and historical curiosity.

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: 127403740

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: 1961 8mm zoo or wildlife enclosure footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing a brief mid-century animal cutaway.
Period detail: The concrete enclosure, vertical viewing bars, muted color, and 8mm home-movie texture may show a mid-century visitor view of a captive tiger exhibit in Burbank.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot perspective, watching the tiger pace slowly through bars without staged action or visible narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tiger, black viewing bars, concrete floor, enclosure wall, scattered leaves, shadowed habitat edges, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight color fading, exposure shifts, and handheld framing that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short animal insert, zoo cutaway, captivity reference, or quiet observational beat within a broader archival sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests mid-century public viewing of large animals in enclosed zoo-like spaces, while the exact facility remains supported only by the supplied Burbank metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should separately assess copyright, location/property context, and animal-use implications for their project.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1961 8mm tiger in cage, vintage zoo home movie, Burbank animal enclosure footage, and mid-century captive wildlife clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Burbank material, then broader vintage zoo or captive wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank home-movie frame showing a tiger partly obscured by viewing bars inside a concrete zoo-like enclosure. — A tiger moves near the edge of a concrete enclosure, partly blocked by dark vertical bars.

1961 Burbank frame of a tiger walking through a concrete enclosure, seen from behind dark foreground bars. — The tiger walks across the enclosure floor while the camera looks through vertical bars.

1961 Burbank home-movie frame with the tiger partly cropped and obscured as it passes behind a central bar. — The tiger passes close to the foreground barrier, leaving much of its body partially hidden.

1961 Burbank frame showing the tiger near the right edge of the enclosure, with its head and striped shoulder visible. — The tiger turns near the right side of the frame on the bare concrete floor.

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