Saint Louis Missouri-1966: Macaws Resting and Playing on Ground

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Saint Louis Missouri

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Macaws Resting and Playing on Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a blue-and-yellow macaw and a red-and-blue macaw lying on a dirt ground in Saint Louis, Missouri. The parrots appear to be resting or playing on the brown earth, with one bird rolling onto its back. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is set outdoors, possibly at a zoo or private collection, with a metal bar visible in the background. This authentic 1960s home movie offers a rare glimpse of exotic birds in a casual, candid moment.

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: 125316889

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 2121 · Super 8 · 3″ reel
Original reel label: pigs,clogs,cats,fast moving
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1966 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: Saint Louis, Missouri, 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: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing candid exotic bird or zoo-adjacent animal footage for documentary, education, or editorial cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color, warm exposure, and simple dirt enclosure may show mid-1960s home-movie documentation of parrots in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, watching colorful macaws lie, roll, and shift on the dirt rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two colorful macaws, brown dirt ground, scattered debris, a metal rail or bar, dark film borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color cast, gate edges, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief animal cutaway, memory beat, zoo visit insert, or transition within a 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual home-movie attention to exotic birds in an outdoor enclosure, with no people or signage visible in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and animal enclosure context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm macaw footage, Saint Louis Missouri parrots, vintage home movie exotic birds, and macaws on dirt ground.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Saint Louis material, then broader vintage zoo or colorful bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Saint Louis 8mm frame of a blue-and-yellow macaw resting on dirt near a metal rail, with dark film border visible. — A blue-and-yellow macaw lies low on the dirt ground beneath a metal rail.

1966 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing a blue-and-yellow macaw on dirt, with part of another bird entering at the right edge. — The blue-and-yellow macaw remains on the ground as another bird shape appears at frame edge.

1966 Saint Louis 8mm frame of a red-and-blue macaw lying or rolling on a dirt surface in soft warm color. — A red-and-blue macaw lies sideways on the dirt, caught in a brief rolling motion.

1966 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing a red-and-blue macaw stretched sideways on brown dirt, with visible grain and soft focus. — The red-and-blue macaw rests sideways on the dirt near the end of the clip.

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