Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Large Andean Condor in Cage with Colorful Beak

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Colorado

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a large Andean condor perched inside a wire mesh enclosure. The majestic bird displays striking white plumage with black wingtips, a vivid orange and red featherless head, and a prominent yellow beak. The condor stands on a wooden branch, occasionally shifting its weight and turning its head, viewed through the cage bars. The footage captures the naturalistic setting of a zoo or wildlife exhibit with soft daylight and authentic film grain, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century archival feel.

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: 120961270

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 1382 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: colorado springs
Date: 1973 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: Colorado Springs, Colorado, 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: This 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm clip supports archival requests for 1970s zoo or wildlife exhibit material, especially documentary inserts involving captive birds, condors, or visitor-observed animal displays.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1970s zoo enclosure with metal wire mesh, simple wooden perches, and daylight home-movie framing consistent with the supplied Colorado Springs 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot observation of the condor through cage bars, with the camera lingering on small movements rather than staging a polished wildlife portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large condor with white and black plumage, a colorful bare head and beak, wire mesh enclosure bars, wooden perch branches, scattered light surfaces near the perch, and a muted exhibit background.
Film character: The clip has the texture of scanned 8mm film, with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing through dark vertical film or obstruction edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, zoo-life insert, wildlife transition, or observational memory beat within a sequence about captive animals or 1970s leisure footage.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for public animal display practices as seen by a home-movie visitor, without confirming the specific institution beyond the supplied Colorado Springs location metadata.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are flagged, but researchers should still verify copyright status and any location or zoo-related permissions separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm zoo condor, 1970s home movie captive bird, Andean condor in wire enclosure, and vintage zoo wildlife exhibit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado Springs footage, then zoo, wildlife, captive bird, or 1970s visitor-shot animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Large condor with white and black plumage stands on a wooden perch behind wire mesh in 1973 Colorado Springs home-movie footage. — Condor standing behind enclosure mesh.

Side view of the condor perched in a wire enclosure, with its colorful bare head and hooked beak visible through the cage bars. — Side view of the perched condor.

The condor remains perched behind the enclosure mesh, partially framed by dark vertical edges and soft 8mm film grain. — Condor framed through cage and film edges.

Wider view of the condor in the wire enclosure, showing more cage structure and perch material in the supplied 1973 Colorado Springs clip. — Wider enclosure view with condor on perch.

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