Burbank California-1961: Tiger Walking Past Rocks 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 Past Rocks in Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1961 captures a majestic tiger walking through its enclosure at the Burbank California zoo. The big cat moves with powerful grace across a light-colored, sandy ground, its distinctive orange and black stripes vivid against the pale backdrop. The tiger walks past large grey rocks, its head turning slightly as it moves. Shot on 8mm film, the footage exhibits natural grain, soft focus, and warm color tones characteristic of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a past era of wildlife observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127403743

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: 1960s 8mm zoo footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief cutaway of a tiger moving through an enclosure.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, handheld framing, and simple zoo enclosure setting support the 1961 Burbank metadata without adding visible landmark claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the tiger through shifting handheld framing rather than staged wildlife photography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tiger, pale sandy ground, grey rocks, enclosure shadows, black frame edges, and warm 8mm color grain.
Film character: The footage carries mid-century 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, zoo visit cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment within a 1960s California home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows how a home-movie camera recorded zoo animals as family or visitor observation, with the enclosure visible but no people shown.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, zoo property context, and animal-exhibition use should still be reviewed for the project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Burbank zoo tiger 8mm, vintage California zoo footage, tiger walking in enclosure, and 1960s home movie wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1961 Burbank or California zoo material, then broader vintage wildlife and animal enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing a tiger partially cropped as it walks across a pale zoo enclosure floor. — Tiger moves through the enclosure, partly cropped by the film frame.

Side view of the tiger walking across the pale enclosure surface.

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing the tiger from behind and side as it continues walking through the enclosure. — The tiger continues walking, framed from the rear side.

Tiger passes near grey rocks with its head visible in profile.

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