Izmir Turkey-1962: Roosters Fight In Traditional Cockfight

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

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Roosters Fight In Traditional Cockfight — Clip Details

IZMIR TURKEY-1962: Two roosters with vibrant brown and black feathers engage in a fierce fight on a dirt ground, their movements captured in grainy 8mm film. Onlookers in dark trousers and dress shoes stand around the combatants, observing the intense clash. The footage, shot from a low angle, shows the roosters pecking and flapping their wings in a traditional cockfighting scene. The raw, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 home movie captures the gritty atmosphere of a local event from the early 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126985713

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 suited to documentary or educational requests for traditional animal contests, street gatherings, or rural-urban social scenes in Turkey.
Period detail: Men's dress shoes, dark trousers, dirt ground, and the 8mm color stock may show an early-1960s public gathering, with the 1962 Izmir setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The low handheld viewpoint records the roosters and nearby onlookers at ground level, giving the scene the immediacy of a visitor or participant filming an unstaged local event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two fighting roosters, dirt ground, men's trouser legs, dress shoes, dark frame edges, motion blur, and grainy color film texture.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and motion smear that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or social-history beat when referencing animal contests, local spectatorship, or everyday public gatherings in 1960s Turkey.
Historical context: The footage documents a cockfighting scene with adult onlookers around the animals, but it should not be used to make broader claims about regional practice without added research.
Research note: People are partly visible as legs and footwear, so likeness risk appears limited but should be reviewed alongside copyright, animal-welfare sensitivity, and local legal context.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Izmir 8mm cockfight, Turkey home movie roosters fighting, vintage animal contest footage, and 1960s Turkish street gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Izmir footage, then broader Turkish home movies or archival animal-event scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Izmir footage, two roosters fight on dirt ground while adult onlookers stand close by in trousers and dress shoes. — Roosters grapple at ground level as spectators stand around the dirt area.

Two roosters with brown and black plumage confront each other on dirt in the 1962 Izmir home-movie scene. — The birds square up while onlookers remain just outside the action.

The 8mm frame shows the roosters close together on dirt ground, with adult spectators visible only from the legs down. — A close ground-level view holds on the roosters and surrounding spectators' feet.

At the end of the 1962 Izmir clip, the roosters lower and lunge amid motion blur, with spectators' shoes nearby. — The fight continues in a blurred moment close to the spectators' feet.

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