British Columbia USA-1981: White Hummingbird Feeding From Yellow Flowers On

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationBritish Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 British Columbia

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White Hummingbird Feeding From Yellow Flowers On — Clip Details

Vintage 1981 home movie footage captured on 8mm film shows a white hummingbird feeding from yellow and purple wildflowers in a lush garden. The natural scene unfolds in bright daylight with vibrant green foliage and colorful blooms, showcasing the delicate bird hovering and sipping nectar. The footage exhibits classic film grain, slight motion blur, and authentic color saturation typical of analog home movies from the era. This nostalgic clip captures a serene moment of wildlife in a natural setting, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

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: 122877542

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 1795 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: august,VII-8
Reel-level year note: 1981
Reel-level location note: hooper lake, british columbia
Date: 1981 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: British Columbia, 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: Useful for 1980s nature or home-movie requests needing a brief wildlife cutaway of a hummingbird among garden flowers.
Period detail: The 8mm color, saturated greens, and handheld close framing may show an early-1980s amateur garden filming style.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on the small bird at close range, preserving an unstaged backyard or garden wildlife encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale hummingbird, yellow blossoms, purple flower spikes, dense green leaves, sunlit foliage, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, bright exposure, and gate-edge shadows from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway within archival garden footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a domestic or natural garden view where a hummingbird feeds among flowering plants in bright daylight.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location description, and any property context separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 8mm hummingbird footage, white hummingbird feeding, yellow garden flowers, and vintage British Columbia nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with same listed location and year, then with other vintage garden wildlife or flower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm frame of a pale hummingbird near purple and yellow garden flowers, with dense green leaves and dark film edges. — A pale hummingbird hovers close to yellow and purple blossoms in a sunlit garden.

A pale hummingbird appears near a purple flower spike in a green garden setting, with yellow blossoms in the background. — The hummingbird pauses near purple flowers surrounded by bright green foliage.

A motion-blurred pale hummingbird crosses dense garden foliage, with yellow flowers and purple blooms visible in the 8mm frame. — Motion blur catches the hummingbird moving through the flowers and leaves.

The pale hummingbird remains close to purple flowers amid dense green leaves and scattered yellow blooms in the listed 1981 garden footage. — The bird feeds near purple flowers while yellow blossoms dot the surrounding greenery.

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