Tampa Florida USA-1960: Blue Macaws Perched In Tropical Foliage

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationTampa, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Tampa Florida

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Blue Macaws Perched In Tropical Foliage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures vibrant blue macaws perched on tree branches amidst lush green foliage in Tampa, Florida. The footage shows the birds in a naturalistic enclosure, their brilliant plumage contrasting with the dense tropical plants. Sunlight filters through the canopy, creating dappled light and shadows. The handheld camera movement adds to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival Super 8 clip, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123629250

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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1960 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: Tampa, Florida, 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: 1960 home-movie footage useful for archive requests needing tropical bird cutaways, zoo or garden atmosphere, and Florida travel-era nature inserts.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century visitor view of a landscaped bird enclosure, with no visible signage, clothing, vehicles, or architecture to independently date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor-shot observation, holding briefly on perched macaws amid dense foliage rather than arranging a formal wildlife portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue macaws, bare branches, a stump-like perch, broad tropical leaves, dappled sunlight, dark film borders, and dense green planting.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, high-contrast sunlight, slight color shift, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, Florida travel insert, zoo or garden transition, or memory beat within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a visitor encounter with exotic birds in a planted enclosure, without enough visible evidence to identify the exact site or institution.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but species identification and any location-specific property or collection rights should be checked separately from copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 8mm Tampa macaws, vintage Florida bird enclosure, blue macaws in tropical foliage, and home movie zoo birds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1960 Tampa or Florida travel footage, then with vintage zoo, garden, tropical bird, or nature cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Tampa home-movie frame showing a blue macaw perched in dense tropical foliage within a planted enclosure. — A blue macaw perches among leafy plants and branches in a sunlit tropical enclosure.

1960 Tampa frame with a blue macaw perched high on a bare branch surrounded by lush enclosure planting. — The macaw remains perched above layered greenery, with sunlight filtering across the scene.

1960 Tampa home-movie view of a blue macaw in a leafy bird enclosure, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — A handheld frame centers the perched macaw against dense vegetation and rough branch perches.

1960 Tampa frame showing multiple colorful birds, including blue and red birds, perched in a shaded tropical enclosure. — The view widens to several brightly colored birds perched on branches within dense foliage.

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