Honolulu Hawaii A USA-1977: A Black Bird Sitting On A Stump Inside Of A Desert

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Hawaii A, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Honolulu Hawaii

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A Black Bird Sitting On A Stump Inside Of A Desert — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu, Hawaii, 1977, showing a large black bird perched on a wooden stump inside a wire mesh enclosure. The scene is viewed through a grid, suggesting a zoo or wildlife exhibit, with tropical plants and cacti visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, saturated blue and purple color shifts, and soft focus. The bird remains mostly still, creating a quiet, nostalgic moment of wildlife observation from the late 1970s.

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: 121097272

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$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: 1977 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: Honolulu Hawaii A, 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: This clip supports 1970s wildlife, zoo, and travel-history edits needing a brief Honolulu home-movie view of a large dark bird inside a wire enclosure.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, visible frame instability, and tropical exhibit setting are consistent with the supplied 1977 Honolulu home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from outside the mesh with a visitor-like stillness, preserving the casual experience of watching an animal exhibit rather than a staged wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large dark bird perched on a stump, wire mesh fencing, tropical plants, cacti or succulent forms, dry ground, and heavy dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, soft focus, saturated blue-purple color shifts, high-contrast highlights, and a handheld home-movie texture typical of small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, zoo-visit insert, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a 1970s Hawaii sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show how visitors documented captive wildlife and tropical exhibit spaces in late-1970s Honolulu without identifying the specific facility from the visible frames alone.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the enclosure setting may require separate review for copyright, location, and property considerations depending on use.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1977 Honolulu 8mm zoo bird, vintage Hawaii wildlife exhibit, large black bird behind mesh, and Super 8 tropical animal enclosure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1977 Honolulu or Hawaii travel footage, and finally with vintage zoo, wildlife, or tropical exhibit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing a large dark bird on a wooden stump inside a wire mesh enclosure with tropical plants and dry ground behind it. — Dark bird perched behind mesh in a tropical enclosure.

1977 Honolulu home-movie frame of a dark bird viewed through enclosure mesh, with cacti or succulents and sunlit ground visible beyond the perch. — Bird on stump viewed through enclosure mesh.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing the dark bird mostly still behind wire mesh, with vertical bars, leafy plants, and a dry exhibit floor in view. — Still bird behind grid fencing and plants.

Final 1977 Honolulu home-movie frame showing the large dark bird still perched inside the wire enclosure, surrounded by tropical plants and a dry exhibit setting. — Large dark bird in a planted enclosure.

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