San Francisco California-1957: Lion and Lioness in Blue-Lit Zoo Enclosure

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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Lion and Lioness in Blue-Lit Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a zoo visit in San Francisco, California. The footage shows a dark feline, possibly a panther or tiger, behind a chain-link fence, followed by a dramatic blue-lit enclosure with a lion resting and a lioness walking. The final frames reveal a dimly lit, rocky habitat with tree branches, evoking a classic mid-century zoo experience. The grainy, color-bleached quality and natural lighting reflect authentic 1950s home movie aesthetics.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127710735

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s editorial uses needing San Francisco zoo home-movie footage of big cats in enclosed habitats.
Period detail: The chain-link barrier, artificial rockwork, blue-tinted lighting, and 8mm color handling may show mid-century zoo display design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering briefly on animals through barriers rather than staging a formal wildlife view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark big cat behind chain-link, a resting lion, a walking lioness, blue-lit rock walls, bare branches, and dim habitat flooring.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short zoo cutaway, animal insert, or atmospheric memory beat in a 1950s urban recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a family or tourist zoo visit, with animals seen in constructed enclosures rather than open landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but animal identification and zoo-property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1957 San Francisco zoo 8mm, vintage lion enclosure home movie, and mid-century big cats in captivity.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1957 zoo footage, then broader vintage zoo and captive wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 San Francisco zoo home-movie frame showing a dark big cat partly obscured by chain-link fencing. — A dark big cat is filmed through chain-link fencing in a shadowed zoo enclosure.

1957 San Francisco zoo frame with a resting lion and a walking lioness inside a blue-lit rocky habitat. — A lion rests near the rear wall while a lioness walks forward in the blue-lit enclosure.

1957 San Francisco zoo home-movie frame showing a lion and lioness in a blue-toned constructed habitat. — The lion and lioness remain visible against the blue rockwork of the enclosure.

1957 San Francisco zoo frame showing a dark, rocky enclosure with bare branches and a low resting animal shape. — The camera catches a darker section of the habitat with pale branches and a low animal form near the floor.

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