Alexandria Virginia-1967: Circus Trainer Riding a Maned Lion Inside a Steel Arena Cage

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 · Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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What is in this clip

circus
animal acts
big cats
travelling shows
live entertainment
performing animals
shopping-centre events
1960s leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level, shot through cage bars
Setting: outdoor · circus arena cage set up on a shopping-centre car park, with a circus wagon, parked cars and grass behind
Time and weather: daytime · spring or summer · overcast or lightly hazy, dry
Lighting: soft, even daylight
People: 1 · One grey-haired adult man in a grey jacket, pink shirt and white trousers, seated astride a lion.
Animals: lion
Vehicles: circus wagon · parked cars
Objects: steel cage bars · red metal props · coiled ropes · white pedestal · painted circus wagon
Readable signs: 3
Colors: red · black · white · tawny brown · pink · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A trainer in a grey jacket and pink shirt sits astride a maned lion inside a steel-barred cage, with a white wagon numbered 3 behind.
He grips with one hand and looks to the side as the lion carries him to the left.
The camera pans left with the pair and the numbered wagon slides to the right edge of the frame.
The lion lowers its head toward a white pedestal while the trainer stays seated on its back.

Circus Trainer Riding a Maned Lion Inside a Steel Arena Cage — Clip Details

Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967 home movie footage of a circus lion act staged in the Virginia Plaza shopping-centre car park. A grey-haired trainer in a grey jacket, pink shirt and white trousers sits astride a large maned lion as it walks across the steel-barred arena cage. Red props, coiled ropes and a white circus wagon painted with a red number 3 stand behind, with parked cars and grass beyond. The Super 8 camera films through the bars in a single handheld telephoto shot, panning left to follow the animal.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000541

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: Alexandria, Virginia, 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: Answers requests for authentic later-1960s American circus footage, especially a lion act filmed by a spectator at a shopping-centre engagement.
Period detail: Painted wagon lettering with gold scrollwork, a portable steel arena cage on tarmac and parked cars in the background point to a 1960s travelling show.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator films from outside the cage, panning to keep up with the lion, which gives the unpolished audience view rather than a publicity angle.
What appears in frame: A man in a grey jacket and pink shirt rides a maned lion behind black cage bars, with red props, hanging ropes, a white wagon numbered 3, a white pedestal and parked cars.
Film character: Saturated Super 8 colour with strong reds, visible grain, a handheld telephoto frame and cage bars crossing the picture throughout.
Edit role: Works as a short spectacle insert or memory beat within a circus sequence, cutting cleanly on the pan.
Historical context: It shows a wild animal act of the kind small travelling circuses staged in suburban shopping-centre car parks during the 1960s.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; the trainer's face is visible, he is not named in this shot, and the circus name appears only elsewhere on the reel.
Research search match: 1960s Super 8 circus lion act, trainer riding a lion, shopping center circus Virginia, vintage big cat act home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's performing bear act, unicycle performer, cotton candy truck and Circus Train ride clips, then other 1960s Virginia footage, then other circus acts.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circus trainer astride a maned lion inside a steel arena cage beside a white wagon numbered 3, Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967. — A trainer rides a maned lion inside the arena cage, with a numbered circus wagon behind, circa 1967.
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Grey-haired trainer on a lion's back glances sideways in a barred circus cage at a shopping-centre show in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967. — The trainer looks to one side as the lion carries him across the cage.
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Lion act filmed through cage bars on Super 8: trainer in pink shirt riding a lion past red props, Virginia Plaza, Alexandria, circa 1967. — The camera pans left with the lion and rider; the painted wagon slips to the edge of the frame.
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Maned lion lowering its head to a white pedestal with its trainer still seated on its back, car-park circus in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967. — The lion drops its head toward a pedestal while the trainer stays seated.
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