Izmir Turkey-1962: Two Roosters Fighting in a Traditional Cockfight

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

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Two Roosters Fighting in a Traditional Cockfight — Clip Details

IZMIR TURKEY-1962: Two roosters with brown and black feathers engage in a fierce fight on a dirt ground, their talons extended and bodies locked in combat. Men in trousers and dark shoes stand in a circle around the birds, observing the traditional cockfighting event. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the raw energy and cultural practice with authentic grain and color, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century rural life in Turkey.

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: 126985723

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational requests needing real 8mm footage of a rural animal contest or traditional cockfighting scene in Turkey.
Period detail: Men's trouser legs and dark dress shoes around a dirt ring may show mid-20th-century rural or village gathering details consistent with the 1962 Izmir metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from within the crowd at ground level, giving an unstaged spectator view rather than a formal record of the event.
What appears in frame: Two brown and black roosters, dirt ground, men's shoes and trouser legs, a loose spectator circle, motion blur, and dark film-frame edges are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong grain, muted color, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet edge marks that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cultural cutaway, rural-life detail, or memory beat within a sequence about animal contests or local gatherings.
Historical context: The footage documents a visible animal fight watched by adult men, offering social context for a local gathering without proving the event's wider status or legality.
Research note: People are partly visible by legs and footwear, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, minors, private property, or music are indicated.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1962 Izmir 8mm cockfighting footage, Turkish rural animal contest home movie, or mid-century roosters fighting in a crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Izmir footage, then broader Turkey rural life or animal-contest material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Izmir home-movie footage, two roosters fight on a dirt surface as adult male spectators stand close around them. — Two roosters engage on the dirt ground as spectators' legs frame the edge of the ring.

The roosters rear toward one another in a dirt ring, with men's shoes and trousers visible at the top of the 1962 Izmir frame. — The birds rise and strike while spectators remain just outside the action.

A brown rooster fills the foreground during the fight, with another rooster blurred behind and men's legs visible in the Izmir crowd. — Motion blur emphasizes the speed of the fight as one rooster turns across the foreground.

Near the end of the clip, the roosters are close together on the dirt while adult male spectators stand around the ring in Izmir. — The two roosters close in low to the ground as the surrounding spectators watch.

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