Madrid Spain-1978: Pigeons Gather Around A Water Fountain Then Chase A Person

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

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Pigeons Gather Around A Water Fountain Then Chase A Person — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1978, this vintage home movie captures a flock of white pigeons gathered around a decorative tiled fountain in Madrid, Spain. The birds drink from the ornate basin and perch on its mosaic edges, their soft white feathers contrasting with the colorful tiles. As the scene progresses, the pigeons suddenly take flight in a flurry, scattering across the paved ground in a chaotic chase, likely startled by a person's movement. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows natural film grain and warm, faded colors typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and everyday life in 1970s Spain.

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: 124548141

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 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: 1978 Madrid home-movie footage for archive requests needing everyday urban bird life, plaza ambience, or a brief animal cutaway in a documentary edit.
Period detail: The tiled fountain, warm faded color, and 8mm framing support a late-1970s home-movie view, with Madrid and 1978 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel as the camera watches pigeons gathering, drinking, shifting positions, and reacting to nearby human movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white pigeons, a decorative tiled fountain, shallow water, metal rail edging, paved ground, partial human legs, dark film gate edges, and soft motion blur.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, warm color fading, slight softness, handheld framing, and dark gate borders that identify it as physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, plaza-life cutaway, transition beat, or visual punctuation before or after a human activity scene in Spain.
Historical context: The footage documents casual public-space animal activity and visitor observation in Madrid without making broader claims about a specific landmark or event.
Research note: People are only partially visible, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from any location or person review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1978 Madrid pigeons at fountain, 8mm Spain home movie birds, white pigeons plaza footage, and vintage urban animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Madrid 1978 street or plaza scenes, then broader 1970s Spain animal or fountain cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

White pigeons perch and drink around a tiled fountain in Madrid, Spain, in 1978 home-movie footage. — Pigeons cluster around the mosaic-edged fountain basin.

White pigeons shift around the tiled fountain, with one bird in motion near the edge in 1978 Madrid footage. — Birds gather, drink, and flutter around the fountain edge.

A cluster of white pigeons surrounds the tiled basin, with motion blur from birds moving through the Madrid home-movie scene. — The flock thickens around the fountain as birds begin to stir.

White pigeons scatter across the paved ground near the lower legs of a person in 1978 Madrid home-movie footage. — The flock spreads across the pavement after leaving the fountain area.

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