West Virginia-1938: Bird Bath in Trees with Perched Bird

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Bird Bath in Trees with Perched Bird — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet backyard scene in West Virginia. The footage opens on a dense canopy of trees, their leaves glowing with warm, golden light filtering through the branches. As the camera slowly pans down, a small bird bath comes into view, nestled in the grass. A bird perches briefly on the edge before disappearing into the foliage. The image is soft and grainy, with natural film artifacts and a nostalgic, intimate feel. This archival footage evokes a sense of peaceful domestic life from the late 1930s.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268350

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 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: West Virginia, United States 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 1930s editorial or documentary requests needing a quiet domestic garden cutaway from West Virginia home-movie footage.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, mature yard planting, and simple bird bath may show late-1930s domestic outdoor surroundings without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers and pans gently through trees toward the bird bath, preserving an unstaged backyard observation rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense tree leaves, dark branches, mottled sunlight, shaded grass, a small bird bath, and portions of a garden path.
Film character: The clip has warm, soft 8mm texture with visible grain, low contrast shadows, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or nature cutaway within a family, regional, or domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of outdoor household space in West Virginia, emphasizing yard greenery and small garden ornamentation over people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 West Virginia home movie bird bath, 8mm backyard trees, vintage garden wildlife, and quiet 1930s domestic yard footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 West Virginia exteriors, then vintage garden, bird, yard, and domestic nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing a shaded tree canopy with warm light catching leaves and branches. — Sunlight glints through dense backyard foliage.

Warm, grainy 8mm view of dense West Virginia backyard foliage with bright highlights across the leaves. — Leaves fill the frame in mottled late-day light.

The camera has panned down to reveal a small bird bath at the edge of a shaded 1938 West Virginia yard. — A bird bath emerges beneath the trees.

A small bird bath sits in a shaded West Virginia backyard, framed by dense leaves and a pale garden path. — The bird bath sits in shadow beneath glowing leaves.

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