Tampa Florida USA-1960: Man Swinging A Parrot In A Tropical Garden

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

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Man Swinging A Parrot In A Tropical Garden — Clip Details

A man in a light blue shirt and khaki pants stands in a lush garden at a tropical estate in Tampa, Florida, in 1960. He holds a vibrant blue-and-yellow macaw, gently swinging it in the air as it flaps its wings. The scene is shot on 8mm film, with rich, saturated colors and natural film grain. In the background, palm trees and dense foliage frame the moment, with a large bird enclosure visible. The man appears to be interacting with the parrot in a playful, affectionate way, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123629635

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 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 editorial or documentary requests needing home-movie footage of tropical garden leisure, pet bird handling, or mid-century travel in Tampa, Florida.
Period detail: The clothing, saturated 8mm color, tropical planting, and simple white building may show early-1960s domestic or estate garden surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures an unstaged-feeling moment as an adult man handles and gently swings a large macaw in a leafy garden setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, a blue-and-yellow macaw, palm foliage, dense shrubs, a bird enclosure, garden plantings, and a white exterior building.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong color saturation, visible grain, slight softness, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or cutaway for stories about Florida travel, exotic pets, gardens, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage reflects a domestic or tourist home-movie view of human interaction with a tropical bird in a landscaped Florida garden.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and an exterior property view are present, so likeness and property context may need review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 Tampa 8mm home movie macaw, man with parrot in tropical garden, Florida estate garden bird enclosure, and vintage pet bird footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Tampa or Florida garden footage, then broader mid-century home movies of animals and tropical estates.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 Tampa home-movie footage, a man stands among palms and shrubs while holding a large blue-and-yellow macaw. — A man holds a macaw in a lush tropical garden.

The man lifts the blue-and-yellow macaw above his head in the tropical garden, with foliage and a bird enclosure behind him. — The macaw is lifted overhead as the man stands in the garden.

In the Tampa garden setting, the man cradles the macaw near his chest with palms, shrubs, and enclosure netting in the background. — The man holds the macaw close among tropical plantings.

A white exterior building with windows is seen beyond shrubs and trees in the Tampa garden footage. — A white building appears beyond the garden foliage.

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