England-1949: Peacock with Iridescent Plumage Walking up Stone Steps

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationEngland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Peacock with Iridescent Plumage Walking up Stone Steps — Clip Details

A vibrant peacock walks up stone steps in a sunlit outdoor setting, its iridescent blue neck and green tail feathers with eye-like patterns clearly visible. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1949, captures the bird in motion against a weathered stone wall, with natural daylight enhancing the rich colors. The image shows slight film grain and vintage imperfections, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The peacock moves steadily, its head turning as it ascends the steps, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in a domestic or park-like environment. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for historical, nature, or retro-themed projects.

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: 125781949

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 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: Useful for 1949 England archive requests needing a color 8mm animal cutaway, garden-estate detail, or quiet nature insert from home-movie material.
Period detail: The stone steps, weathered wall, and color 8mm texture may show a mid-century English garden, park, or estate setting without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows a peacock at close range as it climbs steps, giving the clip the observational feel of a visitor or family home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock with blue neck, green eye-spotted tail feathers, stone steps, a pale stone wall, daylight, soft focus, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, mild softness, exposure variation, dust marks, and slight handheld framing that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, estate-garden insert, transition between travel scenes, or quiet memory beat in a 1940s England sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places a peacock in a maintained outdoor stone setting, suggesting leisure, garden, or park life without proving ownership or exact location.
Research note: No brands are visible in these frames, but the clip metadata flags people visible, so likeness review may be needed alongside copyright and property checks.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1949 England peacock footage, color 8mm bird on stone steps, vintage home movie wildlife, and mid-century garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other England 1949 outdoor scenes, and then broader 1940s color 8mm animal or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A peacock stands near stone steps in England 1949 home-movie footage, its blue neck and green tail partly framed by a pale stone wall. — Peacock pauses beside weathered stone steps, partially framed by the wall.

The peacock climbs beside a stone wall, showing its iridescent blue neck and patterned green back in the 1949 England footage. — Peacock ascends the steps with its head turned toward the wall.

A peacock moves up the stone steps, its long green tail feathers trailing across the lower frame in color 8mm footage from England. — The bird continues up the steps, showing more of its trailing tail.

The peacock reaches higher on the steps, with its blue head near the upper frame and green tail feathers extending downward. — Peacock climbs higher along the stone stairway as its tail trails below.

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