Brazil-1967: A Parrot Scratching Its Head While Chained to a Pole

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationBrazil
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Brazil

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A Parrot Scratching Its Head While Chained to a Pole — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant red macaw perched on a metal pole, its leg chained. The parrot scratches its head and preens its feathers under dappled sunlight, its colorful plumage glowing against a shadowy, sunlit background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a captive exotic bird in a tropical setting. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, retro content, and historical storytelling.

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: 124062397

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: Brazil 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Brazil archive requests needing captive exotic bird footage, tropical travel material, or a short animal cutaway from amateur 8mm film.
Period detail: The frames show a red macaw on a simple metal perch, with color shift, hard sunlight, and home-movie framing consistent with the supplied 1967 8mm metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, as if a traveler paused to film the bird scratching and preening rather than staging an animal display.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red macaw, metal perch, leg chain, vertical support pole, shaded pavement, scattered leaves, and patches of bright sunlight.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, high contrast, purple-blue color cast, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, animal cutaway, travel-memory beat, or visual transition within a sequence about captivity, tourism, or tropical wildlife.
Historical context: The chained perch and close visitor viewpoint suggest a captive bird setting, while the frames do not identify the exact venue or ownership context.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright licensing should be checked separately from any animal-welfare, location, or property context concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 Brazil 8mm macaw footage, captive parrot on perch, chained exotic bird home movie, and vintage tropical animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Brazil 1967 travel footage, then broader 1960s home-movie material showing captive animals or tropical birds.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Brazil 8mm frame showing a red macaw on a metal perch, its wing raised beside a dark vertical support and sunlit pavement. — A red macaw stands on a metal perch with its wing partly lifted.

1967 Brazil 8mm frame of a red macaw leaning down on a metal perch, with a leg chain and shaded pavement behind it. — The macaw leans forward while perched on the metal bar.

1967 Brazil 8mm frame showing the macaw bent low toward its perch, with feathers darkened by shadow and sunlit ground in back. — The bird bends low near the perch, partially obscured by shadow.

1967 Brazil 8mm frame of the red macaw crouched on its perch, head lowered, with a chain visible beneath the bar. — The macaw remains low on the perch, with the chain visible below.

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