Saint Louis Missouri-1966: Blue Parrot Opening A Plastic Cylinder On The Ground

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

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Blue Parrot Opening A Plastic Cylinder On The Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant blue parrot with a yellow face exploring a white plastic cylinder on a dirt ground. The bird pecks and nudges the container, attempting to open it in a natural, unscripted moment. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The setting appears to be an outdoor enclosure or yard, with the parrot's intelligent behavior providing a charming glimpse into animal curiosity from the mid-1960s.

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: 125316897

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm animal behavior footage for documentary cutaways, education edits, or archive sequences needing an unscripted bird interaction.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-1960s outdoor enclosure or yard, with the 8mm color palette and simple plastic object supporting the dated home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage records an unstaged close observation of a blue parrot investigating and pecking at a small plastic cylinder on the ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue parrot, yellow facial markings, dirt ground, a white plastic cylinder, a blue lid or dish, dark frame edges, and enclosure hardware.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries warm color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that give the animal moment a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, animal intelligence insert, transition beat, or period home-movie detail within a nature or memory sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic or enclosure-based view of animal curiosity in 1960s home-movie footage without visible people or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property implications before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1966 8mm blue parrot, vintage home movie bird behavior, parrot opening plastic container, and Saint Louis animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel animal shots, then Saint Louis 1966 home movies, then broader 1960s bird, zoo, enclosure, or pet behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blue parrot on dirt ground in 1966 Saint Louis 8mm footage, seen beside small metal pieces in an outdoor enclosure-like setting. — A blue parrot pauses on the dirt ground near loose metal pieces.

Motion-blurred blue parrot crosses the dirt ground in the Saint Louis 1966 home-movie clip, with metal pieces visible behind it. — The parrot moves quickly across the ground, creating a soft blur in the frame.

Blue parrot investigates a white plastic cylinder beside a blue lid or dish on dirt ground in 1966 Saint Louis 8mm footage. — The parrot leans toward the white cylinder while a blue dish lies nearby.

Blue parrot pecks or nudges near a white plastic cylinder and blue dish on dirt ground in the 1966 Saint Louis home-movie scene. — The parrot works at the cylinder as the blue dish rests on the ground nearby.

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