Burbank California-1961: Tiger Pacing in Enclosure with Rock Formations

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

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Tiger Pacing in Enclosure with Rock Formations — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A majestic tiger paces slowly within a confined enclosure, its orange fur and bold black stripes vivid against the pale dirt floor. The animal moves with quiet intensity, its gaze fixed forward as it walks past rough rock formations. Shot on 8mm film, the footage carries a grainy, nostalgic texture with warm, slightly faded colors typical of vintage home movies. The frame is bordered by dark edges, suggesting a projector or screen view, enhancing the archival feel. This rare glimpse of a captive tiger from the early 1960s captures a poignant moment of restrained power and longing.

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: 127403758

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 archival requests needing 1960s Southern California home-movie footage of a captive tiger for documentary, museum, education, or editorial animal-context sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show an early-1960s zoo or animal attraction setting, with pale dirt, artificial rock formations, and 8mm color home-movie framing supporting the dated context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the tiger as it paces through the enclosure without staged action or visible narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tiger, pale dirt floor, rough rock formations, dark film-frame borders, enclosure-like barriers, and soft projected-film contrast.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, slight color fading, soft focus, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or reflective transition for themes of captivity, zoo visits, animal display, or midcentury leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents a captive big cat viewed by a home-movie camera in Burbank, California, offering visual context for public animal display in the early 1960s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or animal-facility restrictions before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Burbank tiger footage, 8mm zoo animal home movie, captive tiger pacing enclosure, and vintage California wildlife attraction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Burbank material, then broader vintage zoo or captive animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tiger stands in a dirt enclosure near rough rock formations in 1961 Burbank home-movie footage. — Tiger paused near rockwork inside a pale dirt enclosure.

A tiger faces toward the camera while pacing beside rocks in the Burbank enclosure footage. — Tiger turns forward while moving through the enclosure.

The tiger crosses the frame in soft 8mm color, its body filling much of the lower view. — Tiger pacing across the enclosure floor.

A close side view shows the tiger pacing past the camera, with stripes and head visible against pale dirt. — Close side view of the tiger moving past the camera.

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