Florida-1958: Macaw on Handler's Gloved Arm Under Spotlights

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Florida

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Macaw on Handler's Gloved Arm Under Spotlights — Clip Details

A vibrant blue-and-yellow macaw perches on a handler's gloved arm during a nighttime zoo performance in Florida, 1958. The parrot interacts with its trainer under dramatic spotlights, its colorful feathers glowing against the dark backdrop. Other birds are visible on perches in the background, with lush green foliage framing the scene. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a playful moment of animal entertainment with authentic grain and color saturation typical of mid-century amateur footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127280759

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 1267 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1958 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: Florida, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Florida archive requests needing zoo or animal-performance home-movie footage with visible handlers and a brightly colored macaw.
Period detail: The night lighting, gloved handler, simple bird perches, and saturated 8mm color support a mid-century visitor-film setting, consistent with the supplied 1958 Florida metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot moment, watching a trained bird routine from the audience rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue-and-yellow macaw, a handler's white glove and sleeve, bird perches, dark audience silhouettes, spotlit foliage, and other birds in the background.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows strong color saturation, dark exposure around the performance area, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century tourism, zoo entertainment, animal acts, or Florida vacation footage.
Historical context: The footage reflects a public animal-entertainment setting where visitors observe a trained macaw under theatrical night lighting, without identifying the venue by name.
Research note: People and possible faces appear in shadow or profile, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, venue permissions, and animal-performance context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 Florida zoo home movie, 8mm macaw handler, vintage parrot performance, and mid-century animal show may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida visitor footage, then broader vintage zoo, bird show, and animal-entertainment material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Florida home-movie footage, a blue-and-yellow macaw perches on a white-gloved handler's arm under night lighting. — A macaw sits on a handler's gloved arm during a nighttime bird routine.

A colorful macaw turns toward a mostly silhouetted handler, with background bird perches visible in the Florida night scene. — The macaw shifts toward the handler as background perches and another bird remain visible.

The macaw stands upright on the handler's glove in a dark 1958 Florida zoo-performance scene with foliage and bird equipment behind. — The bird pauses upright on the glove while the handler remains partly in silhouette.

A blue-and-yellow macaw stretches its wings on a small elevated perch, framed by spotlit greenery in the Florida night footage. — The macaw extends its wings on a small perch against illuminated foliage.

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