Washington DC-1975: Man Feeding Geese From Bag In Black And White 8mm Footage

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Feeding Geese From Bag In Black And White 8mm Footage — Clip Details

A man in a 1970s suit bends down to feed a flock of geese from a paper bag in this black and white 8mm home movie. The geese gather eagerly around him, their long necks extended as they peck at the food. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows natural grain, slight motion blur, and a handheld camera perspective. The scene captures a quiet, candid moment of human-animal interaction, likely in a park or zoo setting. The man's careful movements and the birds' anticipation create a nostalgic, documentary-style moment from Washington DC in 1975.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123207548

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1970s Washington DC home-movie requests needing a quiet human-animal interaction scene for documentary, education, or memory-driven edits.
Period detail: The man's suit trousers, dark dress shoes, paper bag, and black-and-white 8mm look may show a mid-1970s visitor or park-feeding moment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as a handheld observer records a man bending down and cautiously offering food to geese gathered at his feet.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited adult man, several geese, a small paper bag, grass or ground, strong shadows, and cropped handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries black-and-white 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, mild motion blur, and uneven handheld exposure.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, transition, or insert for parks, travel, urban wildlife, or 1970s family-visit sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual public-feeding interaction with birds, shown from a close home-movie viewpoint without identifiable landmark context in the frames.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1970s Washington DC 8mm home movies, man feeding geese, black-and-white park wildlife footage, and candid travel-film cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Washington DC material, then broader 1970s park, zoo, travel, or animal-feeding scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In black-and-white 8mm footage from Washington DC in 1975, a suited man bends down as geese cluster near a paper bag. — A suited man bends toward geese gathering at his feet.

The handheld black-and-white frame shows geese around a man's legs while he reaches near a small paper bag in Washington DC. — Geese move in close while the man reaches down toward the bag.

A goose with its neck curved stands close to a suited man as he bends over the paper bag in the 1975 home-movie scene. — One goose stands nearest the bag as the man bends over it.

Several geese crowd around a man's polished shoes and small paper bag in a close, handheld black-and-white 8mm frame. — The geese crowd around the man's shoes and the paper bag.

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