Saint Louis Missouri-1966: Cockatoo Performing Talent Act By Pushing Cart

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

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Cockatoo Performing Talent Act By Pushing Cart — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a white cockatoo with a bright yellow crest performing a talent act in Saint Louis, Missouri. The bird walks along a line and pushes a small cart across a stage, guided by a handler in a white shirt. The footage features classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, archival quality, showcasing a charming animal performance 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: 125316912

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 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 documentary or educational edits needing brief archival footage of a trained bird act at a public animal show or attraction in Saint Louis.
Period detail: The white handler shirt, small wheeled prop cart, simple stage rail, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1960s amusement or animal-performance presentation details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, staying close on the cockatoo's trick rather than presenting a staged professional coverage angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cockatoo with yellow crest, a handler's torso, a small wheeled cart, a stage rail, trees or foliage, and a circular prop wheel.
Film character: The scan carries warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and uneven handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal-act insert, nostalgic cutaway, mid-century leisure beat, or transition within a reel about zoos and attractions.
Historical context: The footage documents a public-facing animal performance moment, showing how visitors recorded trained-animal entertainment in casual home movies.
Research note: People are partly visible, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, performer rights, and venue permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1966 8mm Saint Louis cockatoo trick, vintage trained bird pushes cart, and 1960s home movie animal performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel zoo or attraction footage, then Saint Louis 1966 material, then broader 1960s trained-animal or family-outing clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1966 8mm frame from Saint Louis showing a dark bird-like form or prop against leafy outdoor background. — A dark, partially silhouetted subject appears against trees in the opening frame.

White cockatoo with raised yellow crest stands beside a small wheeled cart during the Saint Louis animal act. — The cockatoo approaches the small wheeled cart on the performance rail.

White cockatoo with yellow crest pushes a small wheeled cart as a handler in a white shirt stands behind the stage rail. — The cockatoo pushes the cart while the handler stands nearby.

White cockatoo appears near a circular prop wheel and stage equipment in the 1966 Saint Louis animal performance footage. — The bird moves near a large circular prop wheel at the edge of the act area.

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