California USA-1969: Peacock Displaying Tail Feathers On Metal Roof

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 California

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Peacock Displaying Tail Feathers On Metal Roof — Clip Details

A vibrant peacock displays its magnificent tail feathers in full fan across a rustic outdoor setting in this 1969 8mm home movie. The bird walks gracefully on a corrugated metal surface, its iridescent blue and green plumage contrasting with the weathered roof and bare tree branches. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage captures the natural elegance of the peacock in a candid, nostalgic moment, with soft focus and authentic film grain adding to its archival charm. This clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in a domestic environment, 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: 123047292

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date: 1969 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: California, 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: 1969 California 8mm wildlife home-movie cutaway for productions needing a short peacock display, backyard animal behavior, or period domestic-nature insert.
Period detail: The visible corrugated metal roofing, bare branches, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1960s outdoor domestic or small zoo-like setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer's perspective, holding on the peacock as it turns and lowers its fan rather than performing for a formal wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: A peacock with blue neck, spread tail feathers, corrugated metal roof, leafless branches, low wall or fence, and small green shrubs are visible.
Film character: The clip shows soft focus, muted blue-green color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief animal-behavior insert, visual transition, nostalgic nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a California home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a peacock encountered in an outdoor built environment, suggesting casual mid-century filming of wildlife near domestic structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property-context concerns before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 California 8mm peacock, vintage home movie peacock display, Super 8 wildlife cutaway, and peacock on metal roof.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 California outdoor footage, then broader vintage animal or home-movie wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 California 8mm frame of a peacock displaying a wide fan of tail feathers on a corrugated metal roof. — Peacock presents a broad tail fan on the weathered metal roof.

The peacock turns sideways, its long tail lying across the roof surface.

1969 California 8mm frame of a peacock moving across a roof with its tail partly lowered near shrubs and bare branches. — The bird moves along the roof as the tail drops from its display.

1969 California 8mm frame showing the peacock standing on the corrugated roof after lowering its tail feathers. — The peacock pauses on the roof with its tail no longer fully spread.

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