Madrid Spain-1978: A Couple Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationMadrid, Spain
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 Spain

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A Couple Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1978, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day in Madrid, Spain, where a man and woman stand in a courtyard surrounded by a flock of white pigeons. The man, in a dark suit, and the woman, in light-colored pants, hold several pigeons on their arms as others gather on the ground. In the background, a woman sits near a cart, and classic cars are parked near a grand building. The footage shows natural movement and the warm, slightly faded color palette of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from the late 1970s.

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: 124548074

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 1432 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: sprint mtg,snow
Reel-level year note: 1978
Reel-level location note: las vegas,spain
Date: 1978 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: Madrid, Spain 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: Useful for 1970s Madrid travel, street-life, or leisure sequences needing candid home-movie footage of visitors interacting with pigeons in a public courtyard.
Period detail: The clothing, parked cars, pushcart, and faded 8mm color support a late-1970s public-square setting, while the exact courtyard or building is not identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged tourist-style moment as two adults handle and feed white pigeons while another person sits beside a cart nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, many white pigeons, a seated woman, a small cart, balloons or toys, parked cars, bare trees, and a large urban building.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm texture, warm faded color, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that give the brief scene a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, travel insert, memory beat, or transition into material about Madrid, public squares, tourism, or everyday animal encounters.
Historical context: The scene shows casual public leisure in Madrid, with adults engaging pigeons in an open courtyard and urban traffic and architecture visible behind them.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, privacy, and any location-identification concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1978 Madrid home movie, 8mm Spain travel footage, couple feeding pigeons, public courtyard pigeons, and 1970s European street life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1978 Madrid or Spain travel footage, and then with broader themes of pigeons, courtyards, tourism, and urban leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1978 Madrid, two adults handle white pigeons in a public courtyard while a seated woman, cart, parked cars, and urban building appear behind them. — Two adults stand in a courtyard surrounded by white pigeons, with a seated woman and cart nearby.

White pigeons cluster at the feet of two standing adults in a Madrid courtyard, with a seated person and small cart visible behind them. — A flock of white pigeons gathers closely around the adults in the courtyard.

In the 1978 Madrid courtyard scene, a dense group of white pigeons crowds around two adults while a seated woman and cart appear at left. — Pigeons crowd around the adults' feet as the home movie camera frames the courtyard low and close.

A man in a dark suit and a woman in light trousers hold white pigeons in a Madrid courtyard while more birds gather around them. — The couple holds pigeons on their arms while the flock remains gathered at their feet.

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