Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Two Blue Parrots Playing On A Stick

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Blue Parrots Playing On A Stick — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1977, showing two vibrant blue parrots interacting with a stick in a lush tropical garden. The birds, likely Hyacinth Macaws, are captured in motion, flapping their wings and perching on a wooden structure beneath a small conical shade. The scene is bathed in the characteristic purple and blue color cast of aged film, with visible grain and soft focus typical of Super 8 footage. The setting features dense green foliage and a paved path, evoking a nostalgic, tropical atmosphere.

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: 121120539

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 1245 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: kodak show,blow hole,polynesian show,cementery,sunset beach,arizona memorial,sept 5-12
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: honolulu hawaii
Date: 1977 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: Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii, 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: 1970s 8mm animal footage from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii that can support documentary, education, museum, or commercial edits needing a short tropical bird or visitor-shot zoo-garden cutaway.
Period detail: The clip shows 1977 home-movie-era visual clues through the 8mm color cast, soft focus, brief handheld framing, tropical planting, paved path, and a simple shaded perch structure.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a visitor pausing to film two blue parrots as they flap and balance on a perch rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two vivid blue parrots, a horizontal stick perch, a dark vertical post, a small conical shade, dense tropical foliage, and a paved garden path.
Film character: The scan carries a strong blue-purple aged-film cast, visible grain, soft detail, slight motion blur, and contact-sheet framing that reinforce its physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, tropical travel cutaway, animal behavior beat, or memory-style transition within a 1970s Hawaii sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects a tourist or leisure encounter with displayed exotic birds in a lush Honolulu garden setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact venue.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but species identification, venue/property status, copyright, and any exhibit-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1977 Honolulu 8mm parrots, Oahu Hawaii home movie blue macaws, vintage tropical garden bird footage, and Super 8 zoo bird perch cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Honolulu or Oahu travel footage, and then broader vintage zoo, tropical bird, or Hawaii home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 8mm home-movie frame from Honolulu, Oahu, showing two blue parrots moving on a stick perch beneath a small conical shade with dense foliage behind them. — Blue parrots on a shaded garden perch.

1977 Honolulu home-movie frame showing one blue parrot with wings extended while another remains near the stick perch in a planted garden area. — One parrot spreads its wings beside the perch.

1977 8mm frame from Honolulu, Oahu, with two blue parrots clustered around a simple perch under a small shade in a tropical garden setting. — Parrots cluster around the shaded perch.

1977 Honolulu 8mm home-movie frame showing two blue parrots in motion blur as they flap around the stick perch, with tropical foliage and a paved path in the background. — Parrots flap in motion around the perch.

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