Tampa Florida USA-1960: Parrots in Tropical Aviary at Zoo

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

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Parrots in Tropical Aviary at Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures colorful parrots in a lush outdoor aviary at a zoo in Tampa, Florida. The footage shows several vibrant birds perched on branches and feeding stations within a naturalistic enclosure surrounded by tropical foliage and palm trees. The warm, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century zoo life and wildlife observation.

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: 123629298

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing a brief zoo or tropical aviary cutaway from visitor-shot 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century zoo display design, with open-air bird enclosures, feeding stations, painted metal cages, and dense tropical landscaping.
Home-movie behavior: The static visitor viewpoint records parrots and their enclosure as an observed attraction rather than a staged wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include colorful parrots, bare branches, green-roofed feeding stations, wire cages, palms, flowering shrubs, and shaded trees.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and contact-sheet frame edges that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, nature cutaway, zoo memory beat, or transition within a sequence about travel, wildlife viewing, or Florida tourism.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for a 1960 zoo visit in Tampa, showing birds displayed in a landscaped outdoor setting with no visible visitors in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo property or animal-display context before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Tampa zoo parrots, vintage Florida aviary footage, tropical bird enclosure home movie, and mid-century zoo wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Tampa zoo material, then related vintage aviary, parrot, zoo, and Florida travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Tampa zoo footage showing parrots on branches inside a tropical outdoor aviary with palms, shrubs, and shaded trees. — Parrots perch among foliage and branches in the outdoor aviary.

1960 Tampa zoo aviary view with branch perches, wire cages, green-roofed feeding stations, and dense tropical landscaping. — The aviary structure fills the frame with branches, cages, and greenery.

Faded 1960 Tampa zoo frame showing the tropical aviary, with wire cages, branch perches, green roofs, shrubs, and heavy foliage. — Soft, faded film texture over the zoo aviary and surrounding plants.

1960 Tampa zoo footage showing the aviary enclosure with branch perches, green-roofed feeders, wire cages, and tropical trees. — A final view holds on the aviary structures and dense surrounding greenery.

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