Ireland-1969: Person Feeding Ducks in Pond

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Ireland

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Person Feeding Ducks in Pond — Clip Details

A person in a dark coat feeds brown and white ducks swimming in a pond, captured on 8mm film in 1969. The footage shows a mother duck with her ducklings, ripples spreading across the water as the birds gather. A pigeon walks along the edge, and the scene is bathed in a distinct purple hue, typical of vintage home movie film. The handheld camera captures the moment with natural grain and slight motion, evoking a nostalgic, intimate slice of life from Ireland.

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: 124341688

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: 1969 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: Ireland 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: 1960s Ireland home-movie footage for productions needing a brief natural-life cutaway of ducks and pond feeding in an everyday public setting.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s casual outdoor dress and visitor activity, with the 8mm color shift and handheld framing supporting the supplied 1969 date.
Home-movie behavior: A person at the water's edge feeds ducks while the camera watches the birds gather, giving the scene an unstaged family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white ducks, ducklings, rippled pond water, a pigeon at the edge, a dark-coated person, and a concrete or stone bank.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, purple color cast, soft focus, and handheld movement that give the brief scene a clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, nature cutaway, travel memory beat, or transition within a sequence about everyday life in Ireland.
Historical context: The footage records ordinary interaction with urban or park waterfowl, offering modest social context without identifying a specific site or event.
Research note: A person is partly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Ireland 8mm ducks, vintage home movie pond feeding, brown and white ducks swimming, and Irish park wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ireland 1969 material, then broader 1960s home-movie scenes of ponds, parks, and birds.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Ireland home-movie footage, a dark-coated person stands by pond water as ducks, ducklings, and a pigeon gather near the edge. — A person stands at the pond edge as ducks and ducklings gather nearby.

A brown and white duck swims beside the pond edge in the 1969 Ireland 8mm footage, with ripples spreading over purple-tinted water. — A duck swims close to the pond edge, leaving ripples behind it.

A brown and white duck fills the frame while swimming through rippled pond water in this 1969 Ireland home-movie shot. — The camera moves closer to a duck swimming through rippled water.

A duck swims near the edge of the pond as a hand reaches toward the water, suggesting feeding in the 1969 Ireland 8mm footage. — A hand reaches toward the water while a duck swims close to the bank.

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