Portland Oregon USA-1957: The Beautiful Peacock Is Walking In The Garden Its

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Portland Oregon

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The Beautiful Peacock Is Walking In The Garden Its — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portland, Oregon, 1957, capturing a peacock walking through a sun-dappled garden. The bird's iridescent blue and green plumage stands out against the earthy tones of the stone-paved ground and surrounding foliage. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and natural light filtering through trees, creating shifting shadows. The peacock moves gracefully, its long tail feathers trailing behind. The clip concludes with a view of a unique statue on a pedestal, suggesting a public park or estate setting. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life and nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122656193

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1957 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: Portland, Oregon, 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: 1950s 8mm garden wildlife footage for documentary inserts, nature cutaways, or mid-century home-movie atmosphere tied to Portland, Oregon metadata.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century garden or park setting, with stone paving, planted beds, and a pedestal statue visible in the supplied frames.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing follows a peacock at close range, giving the clip the feel of a casual visitor or family home-movie observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock, trailing tail feathers, stone paving, planted garden beds, tree shadows, a low wall, and a pale statue on a pedestal.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, exposure shifts, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, garden transition, memory beat, or visual bridge within a 1950s domestic or travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip places ornamental garden wildlife within a mid-century leisure or visit context, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact site.
Research note: Rights review should account for copyright ownership, the metadata flag that people are visible, and any site or property permissions if the garden is identifiable.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm peacock footage, Portland Oregon garden home movie, vintage peacock walking, and mid-century park wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Portland or Oregon 1957 material, then broader vintage garden, park, wildlife, or statue footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A peacock walks through a sun-dappled garden setting in archival 8mm footage associated with Portland, Oregon, 1957. — Peacock moving through a planted garden area with stone paving and strong tree shadows.

The peacock appears in closer view, its dark blue body and long tail passing over patterned garden paving. — Close handheld view of the peacock crossing a shaded stone path.

A handheld 8mm frame catches the peacock low in the composition while it moves across shaded garden paving. — The peacock continues across the path, partly cropped by the home-movie framing.

The final frame shows the garden setting with a pale statue on a pedestal and the peacock partly obscured in the foreground shadow. — Garden view with a pedestal statue as the peacock passes through the shaded foreground.

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