England-1949: A Beautiful Peacock Bird Crosses The Road And Moves Forward

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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A Beautiful Peacock Bird Crosses The Road And Moves Forward — Clip Details

A vibrant peacock walks across a paved surface in this 8mm home movie from England, 1949. The footage captures the bird's iridescent blue neck, green back, and patterned wings in rich, slightly faded colors typical of vintage film. Shot on 8mm film, the clip shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with visible grain and light scratches that enhance its nostalgic, archival quality. The peacock moves steadily, its tail feathers trailing behind, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in a mid-century British setting.

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: 125781947

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 1002 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: England
Date: 1949 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: England 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: Supports 1940s England archive requests needing a brief natural-history cutaway of a peacock in real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The paved setting, handheld framing and color 8mm texture may show a mid-century visitor or amateur filming context in England.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home-movie observation, with the camera following the bird as it moves through the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock, iridescent blue neck, green back, patterned wing feathers, trailing tail, paved ground and strong frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild scratches, slight fading and handheld movement characteristic of original 8mm color film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel cutaway, gentle transition or brief memory beat within a 1940s England sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a peacock in an outdoor paved setting and suggests casual postwar-era amateur filming without showing people or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos or music are evident, but copyright, location permissions and any property or collection restrictions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1949 England 8mm peacock, vintage home movie bird, mid-century wildlife cutaway and archival animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1949 England material, then with vintage bird, zoo, garden or nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A peacock in 1949 England is partly seen from the side, with trailing green tail feathers and patterned body on a paved surface. — The peacock enters the frame with its trailing tail feathers visible against the paved ground.

Side view of a peacock in 1949 England, showing its blue neck, green back and patterned wing feathers as it crosses pavement. — The peacock moves across the paved area, its blue neck and patterned body clearly visible.

The peacock continues moving through the 1949 England home-movie frame, with motion blur around its head and neck. — Motion blur catches the peacock mid-step as it continues across the pavement.

A peacock in 1949 England stands near a curb or step, seen from a slightly elevated handheld home-movie angle. — The bird reaches the edge of the paved area near a curb or step.

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