England-1949: Peacock Displaying Plumage And Shaking In Blurry Video

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Peacock Displaying Plumage And Shaking In Blurry Video — Clip Details

A peacock displays its magnificent plumage in this vintage 8mm home movie from England, 1949. The bird stands proudly with its tail feathers fanned wide, showcasing the iconic eye-patterned feathers in shades of green, blue, and gold. The footage is softly blurred with natural film grain and slight camera shake, capturing the peacock in a garden setting with green foliage and yellow flowers. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage of wildlife from the late 1940s.

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: 125782000

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing late-1940s English home-movie wildlife footage, especially short editorial inserts showing a peacock displaying its tail in a garden setting.
Period detail: The visible evidence is mainly the 8mm color home-movie texture and garden setting, with the 1949 England context supported by clip metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an amateur observer pausing on an animal display, with the peacock centered while handheld framing and soft focus drift slightly.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a peacock with fanned tail, blue neck, green and gold feather patterning, pale ground, surrounding foliage, yellow flowers, and dark film borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, garden-life insert, transition beat, or period texture within a sequence about animals, leisure, or domestic travel.
Historical context: The footage shows a peacock display filmed from a casual garden viewpoint, suggesting everyday interest in animals without supporting a more specific site or event claim.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 England 8mm peacock footage, vintage home movie peacock display, blurred garden wildlife film, and archival peacock plumage cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other England 1949 garden or animal footage, then broader vintage wildlife and bird-display home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 England 8mm frame of a peacock displaying its fanned tail, seen in soft focus with foliage and yellow flowers nearby. — A peacock displays its tail in a softly focused garden shot.

The peacock remains centered with its plumage spread, surrounded by garden greenery and visible 8mm frame borders. — The peacock holds its fan-shaped plumage open as the film frame wavers.

A soft 8mm home-movie frame shows the peacock's open tail filling much of the view, with garden plants and yellow flowers at the edge. — The bird's open tail dominates the blurred garden composition.

The closing frame shows the peacock still displaying its broad tail, with soft focus, grain, and dark 8mm borders visible. — The peacock continues its display within a grainy 8mm frame.

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