Florida-1958: Parrot Lowered to Cage by Pulley

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Florida

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Parrot Lowered to Cage by Pulley — Clip Details

A vibrant yellow and blue parrot hangs from a pulley system against a backdrop of dense green foliage in this 1958 Florida home movie. The colorful bird, appearing injured, is carefully lowered toward a cage as it clings to the rope. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a moment of animal rescue in a tropical setting, with natural light filtering through the leaves and the characteristic grain of vintage Super 8 footage. The scene evokes a sense of care and nostalgia, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, wildlife content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127280772

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 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: 1950s Florida home-movie footage for requests needing a brief animal-care, tropical garden, or unusual pet-rescue insert.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century visitor or family view of a parrot handled with a simple rope-and-pulley setup in dense Florida greenery.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches the bird's movement closely, giving the scene the observational feel of an unstaged home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow-and-blue parrot, rope or pulley line, leafy garden growth, a dark post or tree trunk, grass, and a small wooden sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight exposure variation typical of handheld home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, oddity beat, animal-care insert, or transition within a sequence about Florida travel, pets, or rescued wildlife.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private amateur filming of animals in a warm, planted outdoor setting without identifying people or institutions.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but animal-welfare context and any property or copyright permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Florida 8mm parrot, injured parrot pulley, vintage home movie animal rescue, and tropical garden bird footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other 1958 Florida clips, and then with animal rescue, pet bird, or tropical garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida home-movie frame showing a colorful parrot hanging from a rope or pulley line against tropical greenery. — A colorful parrot hangs from a line near leafy garden growth.

The parrot appears suspended from the pulley line, with a dark trunk in the center and Florida garden foliage behind it. — The bird remains suspended as the camera frames it through foliage and shadow.

A closer 1958 Florida frame shows the parrot hanging low on the line, with its long tail stretching across the garden background. — A closer view emphasizes the parrot's bright body and long tail.

The parrot hangs lower near a vertical support, with grass, foliage, and a small wooden sign visible in the Florida garden setting. — The parrot hangs near the support as a small sign and garden path appear behind it.

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