You want array of vectors....

int frames = 1330;
std::vector<int>* ivecs = new std::vector<int>[frames];

or just use a vector of vectors

typedef std::vector<int> intVector;

std::vector<intVector> anims(frames);

I have a vector of int's but if I try to exceed 1330 instances the application throws memory exceptions.

So I want to pre-allocate the space with 'new'.

std::vector<int> anim;
anim.reserve(1330);

You should never really need new/delete. As mentioned above, you can use a vector< vector<int> > if you want a 2D array. Any statement where new and vector are combined is an oxymoron.