California USA-1969: Lovely Peacock Shows Off Its Feathers On The Roof

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Lovely Peacock Shows Off Its Feathers On The Roof — Clip Details

A vibrant peacock displays its magnificent tail feathers on a weathered corrugated metal roof in this 1969 8mm home movie. Shot from a high angle, the bird's iridescent blue and green plumage fans out against the rustic backdrop of the roof and surrounding bare tree branches. The footage captures the natural elegance and movement of the peacock in a candid, nostalgic moment, with visible film grain and color shifts characteristic of vintage Super 8 footage.

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: 123047300

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1960s California home-movie wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief peacock display cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color, high-angle framing, corrugated roof, and sparse branches may show a casual late-1960s domestic or garden setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home-movie observation, watching the bird from above as it moves and fans its tail on a roof.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock, spread tail feathers, blue neck plumage, corrugated metal roofing, bare branches, small green leaves, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries physical 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward blue-green, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, nature cutaway, transitional memory beat, or visual accent in a sequence about gardens, birds, or California home movies.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual amateur filming of an ornamental bird in an everyday outdoor setting, without visible people, signage, or identifiable public landmark context.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or animal-use context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1969 California 8mm peacock footage, home movie peacock on roof, vintage bird display, and Super 8 garden wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 California home movies, then related bird, garden, roof, or domestic outdoor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 California 8mm frame showing a peacock spreading its tail feathers across a corrugated roof, with bare branches in view. — A peacock fans its tail on a roof, viewed from a high angle.

1969 California 8mm frame of a peacock on a weathered corrugated roof, its green tail feathers spread across the background. — The peacock stands near branches as its tail spreads over the roof.

1969 California 8mm frame showing a peacock's tail fan across corrugated roofing, with the blue body near the lower right. — A broad fan of peacock feathers fills the roof area around the bird.

1969 California 8mm frame of a peacock on a corrugated roof, its tail spread diagonally with branches and foliage in front. — The peacock remains on the roof with its tail spread among branches.

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