British Columbia USA-1981: Hummingbird Picking Pollen From Purple Flowers

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

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Hummingbird Picking Pollen From Purple Flowers — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 captures a hummingbird hovering and feeding on vibrant purple flowers amidst lush green leaves. The natural scene unfolds in a rocky outdoor setting, with the bird's rapid wing motion creating a soft blur. The film exhibits authentic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, characteristic of amateur 1980s home recordings. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage of wildlife in British Columbia, USA, ideal for nature documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 122877915

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: Supports 1980s archival requests for brief wildlife cutaways, nature inserts, or home-movie texture featuring a hummingbird feeding among garden flowers.
Period detail: The frames show no clear period markers beyond the 8mm home-movie look and the metadata year of 1981.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged amateur nature-observation feel, with the camera staying close as the bird hovers around the flowers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hummingbird, purple flower spikes, broad green leaves, pale rocks, dark background shadows, and rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and motion blur from the bird's wings.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short nature insert, seasonal transition, wildlife cutaway, or quiet memory beat in an archival sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a small wildlife moment in a planted or natural outdoor setting without visible people, buildings, signage, or landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and any location or land-use questions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1981 8mm hummingbird footage, Super 8 garden flowers, vintage wildlife home movie, and purple flowers with bird.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel nature material, then other 1981 or British Columbia-labeled footage, then broader vintage bird and garden-flower scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm-style frame of a hummingbird feeding near purple flowers, broad green leaves, and pale rocks in the background. — A hummingbird hovers close to purple flowers among green leaves.

The hummingbird appears beside purple flower spikes, with green leaves and pale rocks visible in soft 8mm focus. — The bird feeds at the flower cluster while the background rocks fall out of focus.

A close handheld frame shows the hummingbird near purple blossoms, partially blurred by movement against leaves and rocks. — The hummingbird stays near the blossoms as the handheld camera follows the plant cluster.

Final frame shows the hummingbird suspended near purple flowers, with large green leaves and pale rocks behind the subject. — The bird hovers in front of the flowers before the brief clip ends.

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