Izmir Turkey-1962: Roosters Fighting In Crowd At Traditional Cockfight

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIzmir, Turkey
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Izmir Turkey

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Roosters Fighting In Crowd At Traditional Cockfight — Clip Details

IZMIR TURKEY-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a tense cockfight in progress. Two orange and brown roosters with prominent red combs clash aggressively on a dirt ground, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers in 1960s attire. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows the birds pecking and grappling, their feathers ruffled in motion. The scene is shot from a low angle, with the legs and feet of spectators framing the action, conveying the raw, unfiltered atmosphere of a traditional street-side event. The film's characteristic 8mm grain and color saturation evoke a powerful sense of historical authenticity and cultural documentation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126985679

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Izmir, Turkey Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Izmir home-movie footage for productions needing a brief archival insert of a traditional cockfight watched by a street crowd.
Period detail: The spectators' coats, trousers, shoes and low handheld framing may show early-1960s public gathering details in Izmir, Turkey.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged bystander view, with the camera staying low as people watch the roosters move on dirt ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two brown-orange roosters, ruffled feathers, dirt ground, spectator legs, dark coats, shoes and a tight crowd edge.
Film character: The 8mm color image carries visible grain, soft focus, motion blur and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, cultural-context insert or tense observational beat within a sequence about public animal contests.
Historical context: The footage documents a crowd gathered around fighting roosters, but it should not be used to make broader claims without supporting research.
Research note: People are visible mainly as bodies and partial faces, so copyright, likeness and animal-fighting sensitivity should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Izmir 8mm cockfight, Turkey home movie roosters fighting, and 1960s crowd watching animal contest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Turkey travel footage, then other 1962 Izmir street scenes, then broader archival footage of traditional animal contests.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Izmir, two brown-orange roosters confront each other in front of a tight crowd of standing spectators. — Roosters square off at ground level while onlookers stand around the contest.

Two roosters grapple in the Izmir cockfight scene, framed by trouser legs, coats and shoes of nearby spectators. — The birds clash close to the spectators' feet in the crowded viewing circle.

A rooster moves quickly during the 1962 Izmir cockfight, with motion blur and a low view of the watching crowd. — Rapid movement blurs one bird as the crowd remains tightly gathered behind it.

One rooster rises upright beside another during the Izmir cockfight, with spectators' legs and coats filling the background. — One bird lifts upright while the second remains lower near the crowd's feet.

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