London England-1946: Black Crow Perched On Park Bench Seeking Food

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationLondon, England
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 London England

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Black Crow Perched On Park Bench Seeking Food — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from London, England, 1946, showing a black crow perched on a park bench. The bird, with iridescent feathers, stands alert on the wooden backrest, peering around the grassy park setting. The scene captures a quiet moment in a public garden with cobblestone paths and other benches visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, characteristic of mid-20th century amateur recordings. The crow appears to be searching for food, moving slightly as it surveys its surroundings. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in post-war London.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122717012

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: London, England 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: Useful for 1940s London documentary edits needing a brief public-park wildlife cutaway from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The benches, grass, paved path and soft 8mm color may show a mid-century London park setting, supported by the supplied 1946 location metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an ordinary, unstaged moment as a crow balances on a bench back and looks around for food.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black crow, wooden park bench, metal bench arms, grass, paved path, railings and adjacent benches.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift and handheld framing that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, transition or observational memory beat within post-war London or urban nature sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday public-garden life in London, with no visible people or identifiable event in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos or brands are visible in these frames, but copyright, location and property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 London park crow, vintage 8mm bird on bench, post-war England public garden and urban wildlife home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 London park material, then broader 1940s urban wildlife or public-garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black crow stands on a wooden park bench in a London park setting, with grass, path and other benches visible. — Crow perched on a park bench in a grassy public garden.

The crow perches on the bench back in the supplied 1946 London park footage, facing toward the grass and paved path. — Alert crow balancing on the back of a wooden park bench.

A black crow remains on the park bench backrest, with soft-focus 8mm detail showing grass, path and nearby bench hardware. — Crow leaning forward along the backrest of a park bench.

The crow lowers its head while perched on a London park bench, possibly searching along the bench edge for food. — Crow bending down on the bench back in a quiet park scene.

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