Madrid Spain-1978: Woman Surrounded by White Doves in Madrid Square

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

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Woman Surrounded by White Doves in Madrid Square — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1978, this vintage home movie captures a lively scene in a Madrid square teeming with white doves. A woman in a patterned shirt and sunglasses kneels joyfully, surrounded by a flock of pigeons, while another woman sits nearby with a feeding bucket. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, candid moment from the late 1970s. The footage shows natural movement as the birds peck at the ground and interact with the people, offering authentic archival footage of everyday life in Spain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124548097

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Spain archive requests needing everyday public-square life, tourist home-movie atmosphere, or people interacting with birds in an urban setting.
Period detail: The clothing, cars, soft 8mm color, and casual public feeding scene support a late-1970s home-movie reading in Madrid, based on supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as a smiling woman crouches among white doves while another woman sits nearby with a feed bucket.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved square, many white doves, a crouching woman in sunglasses, a seated feeder, steps, benches, parked cars, and balloons.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that give the scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition beat, or everyday-life detail within a sequence about Madrid or Spain in the 1970s.
Historical context: The scene shows public leisure and bird feeding in an urban square, with adults and passersby sharing space with a large flock of white doves.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from subject permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1978 Madrid 8mm home movie, Spain public square doves, woman feeding birds, 1970s travel footage, and urban leisure archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Madrid or Spain 1978 material, then broader 1970s public-square or bird-feeding footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1978 Madrid home-movie frame showing many white doves spread across a paved public square with cars beyond the open area. — A flock of white doves moves across the square.

In a Madrid square, a woman in sunglasses crouches happily among white doves as a seated woman and feed bucket appear nearby. — A crouching woman is surrounded by white doves near the steps.

1978 Madrid frame of a smiling crouching woman surrounded by white doves, with a seated feeder and colorful balloons behind her. — The woman crouches close to the flock as birds gather around her.

A seated woman sits beside a bucket or cart while white doves gather and passersby stand at the edge of the Madrid square. — A seated feeder watches the doves spread across the pavement.

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