Minnesota USA-1965: Cardinal And Robin Birds Eating From Brown Barrel On A Sunny

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Minnesota

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Cardinal And Robin Birds Eating From Brown Barrel On A Sunny — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures a snowy winter day in Minnesota. A bright red cardinal and several small dark birds, including a robin, gather around a large brown metal barrel filled with birdseed. The birds peck at the food while snow covers the ground, creating a quiet, nostalgic scene of wildlife in a winter landscape. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain and color palette of 8mm home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125311784

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 1030 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,winter carnival,water tower bicycles
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,minnesota
Date: 1965 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: Minnesota, United States 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: 1960s Minnesota home-movie wildlife footage suited for documentary cutaways about winter bird feeding, backyard nature, or seasonal domestic landscapes.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-1960s backyard bird-feeding setup, with a metal barrel of seed, snow cover, and 8mm color stock supporting the period attribution.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from patient home-movie observation of birds feeding outdoors rather than a directed wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red cardinal, small dark birds, a brown metal barrel filled with seed, snow-covered ground, a tree trunk, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a fixed observational composition typical of home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, seasonal transition, rural memory beat, or nature cutaway within a winter or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects backyard bird feeding in a snowy northern U.S. setting, with no visible people, signage, or identifiable public event in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm Minnesota winter birds, cardinal feeding in snow, robin at birdseed barrel, and vintage home movie backyard wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1965 Minnesota winter material, then with broader backyard wildlife or seasonal nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a red cardinal and small dark birds around a brown seed barrel in snow. — Birds gather at a seed-filled metal barrel on a snowy winter day.

Cardinal and small dark birds feed around a brown barrel of seed in snowy Minnesota home-movie footage from 1965. — A red bird perches near the barrel rim as other birds feed in the snow.

A cardinal and small birds continue feeding at a brown metal seed barrel in a snowy 1965 Minnesota scene. — Birds cluster at the barrel, with snow filling the background.

A small bird stands in snow near a tree trunk and brown seed barrel in 1965 Minnesota home-movie footage. — One bird remains near the barrel beside a tree trunk in the snowy yard.

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