New Zealand-1981: Bird On The Head Of A Large Statue In A Town Square

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationNew Zealand
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 New Zealand

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Bird On The Head Of A Large Statue In A Town Square — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film from New Zealand in 1981 captures a weathered bronze statue of a bearded man with a bird perched on its head, set against a cloudy sky. The scene transitions to reveal the iconic Beehive building in Wellington, its distinctive circular architecture rising behind the statue. The footage shows the statue in a town square with surrounding greenery and urban structures, exhibiting classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and natural camera movement typical of home movie recordings from the era.

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: 122840096

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: 1981 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: New Zealand 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: 1981 New Zealand home-movie footage suited to requests for Wellington civic landmarks, public sculpture, or exterior city cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1980s Wellington architecture and streetscape details, including the Beehive-style circular government building and formal public grounds.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor's view of a statue, then shifts attention toward the surrounding landmark building and square.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bronze bearded statue, a perched bird, cloudy sky, the circular Beehive building, trees, lamp posts, roadway markings, and stone civic architecture.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that preserves a home-movie record of the scene.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief exterior insert, landmark transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway between broader New Zealand location sequences.
Historical context: The footage records a public civic setting in New Zealand through a visitor lens, emphasizing architecture, sculpture, landscaping, and everyday urban surroundings.
Research note: Review is advised for identifiable public sculpture, government-building property considerations, incidental people if present elsewhere in the clip, and separate copyright versus location or likeness rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1981 New Zealand 8mm Wellington Beehive footage, public statue with bird, civic square home movie, and urban landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel New Zealand travel footage, then Wellington or 1981 civic exteriors, then public sculpture, government architecture, or bird-on-statue themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 New Zealand 8mm frame showing a bearded bronze statue with a bird perched on its head against an overcast sky. — A bird rests on the head of a weathered bronze statue.

1981 New Zealand frame showing a standing public statue near Wellington's circular Beehive building and adjacent civic architecture. — A public statue stands beside the circular government building and stone civic facade.

1981 New Zealand home-movie frame showing the Beehive building in Wellington with trees, road markings, and landscaped public grounds. — The camera widens to show the circular Beehive building and surrounding grounds.

1981 New Zealand frame showing Wellington's circular Beehive building framed by trees, a streetlight, and low urban greenery. — The Beehive fills the frame, with trees and a streetlight in the foreground.

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