Pennsylvania USA-1958: Men Holding Parrots In Tropical Setting Black And White

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationPennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Pennsylvania

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Men Holding Parrots In Tropical Setting Black And White — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pennsylvania USA in 1958, showing a group of people in a tropical setting with lush green foliage and palm fronds. The black and white film captures a woman in a light-colored dress and a man holding a white parrot perched on his shoulder. The grainy, high-contrast image with visible film scratches and soft focus evokes a nostalgic, archival feel. The subjects appear to be posing for the camera in a relaxed, outdoor environment, possibly at a zoo or botanical garden. The footage has a classic 1950s home movie aesthetic with natural lighting and a slightly overexposed look.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120922458

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1958 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: Pennsylvania, 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

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: This 1950s 8mm home-movie clip can support documentary or educational requests for mid-century leisure visits involving posed people, parrots, and tropical-style foliage in Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The clothing, soft home-movie exposure, and source metadata place the scene in 1958, while the palm fronds and birds suggest a zoo, aviary, or botanical attraction rather than a clearly identifiable landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot posing as adults stand close together outdoors while parrots are held or perched near them for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men and women, white parrots, palm fronds, dense leafy background, light summer clothing, hats, and a high-contrast outdoor setting.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm texture with soft focus, overexposed highlights, frame-edge darkness, contact-print jitter, and visible scratches that signal original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century family outings, animal encounters, zoos, aviaries, or staged tourist photographs.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual 1950s visitor experience in which people appear to pose with exotic birds in a landscaped or attraction-like tropical setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Pennsylvania 8mm home movie parrots, 1950s zoo visitor footage, vintage aviary tourist scene, and mid-century people posing with birds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Pennsylvania home-movie material, and then with broader zoo, aviary, tropical garden, or animal encounter footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Pennsylvania 8mm frame showing adults in light clothing posing in a leafy tropical-style setting with a white parrot visible near them. — Adults posing with a parrot among foliage.

1958 Pennsylvania home-movie frame of adults standing in a tropical-style garden or attraction setting with pale parrots and dense foliage behind them. — Group standing with parrots in a leafy setting.

1958 Pennsylvania 8mm frame showing adults beneath palm fronds, including a central figure near a white parrot in an outdoor attraction-like setting. — Adults beneath palm fronds with a parrot.

1958 Pennsylvania home-movie frame of adults posing in bright outdoor light, with a white parrot near a man and tropical foliage in the background. — Man and group posing beside a white parrot.

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