British Columbia USA-1981: A Hummingbird Flying In Between Many Flowers In A

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

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A Hummingbird Flying In Between Many Flowers In A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 captures a hummingbird in flight among a dense garden of yellow and purple wildflowers in British Columbia, USA. The clip shows the small bird hovering and darting between blossoms, its wings a blur against the lush green foliage. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and warm color saturation typical of 8mm home recordings, with a dark border framing the scene. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of nature in motion, perfect for historical or environmental storytelling.

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: 122877714

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: 1981 8mm nature footage suited to documentary cutaways, environmental memory sequences, or archive inserts needing a hummingbird among garden flowers.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1980s home-movie garden footage, with no visible buildings, clothing, vehicles, or signage to confirm the cataloged date or location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie camera held on a small bird as it hovers and darts through flowers rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hummingbird in flight, yellow blossoms, purple flower spikes, dense green foliage, soft focus, dark film borders, and wind-moved plants.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries pronounced grain, warm color saturation, slight blur from movement, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, transition, environmental cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a garden, wildlife, or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a small garden wildlife moment as captured through amateur film, with natural vegetation and a hovering bird as the central action.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright and any location or property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1981 8mm hummingbird footage, vintage garden flowers, home-movie wildlife cutaway, and archival bird hovering among blossoms.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then cataloged British Columbia 1981 nature footage, then broader 8mm garden and hummingbird material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cataloged 1981 8mm frame of a hummingbird hovering in a flower-filled garden, with yellow blossoms, purple spikes, and dark film borders. — A hummingbird hovers near purple flowers amid dense green foliage and yellow blossoms.

The hummingbird appears near the center of a dense garden scene, surrounded by purple flower spikes, yellow blossoms, and green leaves. — The bird remains close to the blossoms, its wings blurred against the garden background.

A blurred hummingbird crosses the flower bed beside purple blooms and yellow flowers, with 8mm grain and dark borders visible. — The hummingbird moves across the flowers while the garden plants fill the frame.

A hummingbird hovers above purple flowers in a dense garden scene, with yellow blossoms and visible 8mm frame edges around the shot. — The bird hovers over purple blossoms as yellow flowers and foliage surround it.

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