Burbank California-1961: Tiger Walking Inside Zoo And Sitting Monkey

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

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Tiger Walking Inside Zoo And Sitting Monkey — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a tiger pacing inside a zoo enclosure, its orange and black stripes vivid against the concrete floor. The animal moves with quiet intensity, its head lowered as it walks past a chain-link fence. In one frame, a monkey is visible behind the same fence, adding to the sense of a classic zoo visit. The footage exhibits natural film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, characteristic of amateur Super 8 recordings from the early 1960s. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife viewing.

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: 127403761

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 projects needing brief zoo or captive wildlife home-movie material from Southern California.
Period detail: The concrete enclosure, chain-link fencing, and handheld 8mm color footage may show mid-century zoo visitor viewing conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the unstaged feel of a visitor filming animals through barriers during a family zoo outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pacing tiger, concrete walls and floor, chain-link fencing, dark frame edges, warm color cast, and a brief monkey view.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, warm uneven exposure, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for zoo visits, captive wildlife, or mid-century leisure sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a tiger and monkey inside fenced zoo enclosures, reflecting visitor-facing animal displays without identifying the specific facility.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but animal facility identification and any property or archive permissions should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 8mm zoo tiger, Burbank California home movie wildlife, vintage zoo enclosure, and monkey behind chain-link fence.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Burbank zoo footage, then broader vintage zoo or captive wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank zoo footage showing a tiger pacing beside a concrete wall in a handheld 8mm frame. — A tiger moves through a concrete enclosure, partly cropped by the film frame.

Tiger in a concrete enclosure, seen in soft 8mm color as it turns toward the camera during a zoo visit. — The tiger pauses or turns within the enclosure, with concrete surfaces around it.

A cropped view of the tiger walking near the lower edge of the 8mm frame, with fence and concrete visible. — The tiger passes low in frame as the handheld camera follows from outside the enclosure.

A monkey sits behind chain-link fencing in the same 1961 Burbank zoo home-movie clip. — A monkey is visible behind the fence, partly obscured by the enclosure barrier.

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