Florida-1958: Red Macaw Bird Climbs Down Wire Cage On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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Red Macaw Bird Climbs Down Wire Cage On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vibrant red macaw bird climbs down a wire cage in a sunlit outdoor enclosure, its colorful feathers contrasting against the green mesh and stone backdrop. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures the bird’s natural movements through the cage bars, with dappled sunlight filtering through trees. The footage has a nostalgic, slightly grainy quality typical of mid-century amateur film, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife in captivity. Ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127281343

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: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing captive tropical bird or zoo-style animal cutaways for documentary, education, or period montage use.
Period detail: The visible wire enclosure, stone backdrop, and color 8mm texture may show a mid-century visitor view of captive exotic birds in a sunny Florida animal setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, watching colorful birds through enclosure mesh rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and green birds, wire cage mesh, branches, a stone wall, dappled trees, a white feeder or tray, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, high-contrast sunlight, slight softness, and dark gate-edge vignetting that read as authentic amateur color film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief animal cutaway, Florida travel-memory insert, zoo enclosure transition, or mid-century home-movie atmosphere beat.
Historical context: The scene reflects a period home-movie view of animals in captivity, with the camera observing through cage bars and natural outdoor light.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but researchers should still review copyright status and any property or animal-exhibition context separately.
Research search match: Good matches include 1958 Florida 8mm bird footage, vintage home movie macaw cage, captive tropical birds, and mid-century zoo animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1958 travel footage, then broader vintage captive bird or zoo-enclosure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing colorful captive birds behind wire mesh, with branches, trees, and a stone backdrop visible. — Colorful birds perch and climb inside a wire enclosure with branches and stonework behind them.

1958 Florida home-movie frame with a red macaw-like bird on wire mesh beside green and blue birds in a sunny outdoor cage. — A red bird climbs along the cage front while other colorful birds remain nearby on branches.

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing multiple bright birds in a wire enclosure, partly obscured by branches and cage bars. — Multiple birds gather inside the enclosure, seen through the cage grid and crossing branches.

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing a darker bird inside the cage near a white tray, with wire mesh and deep shadow around the enclosure. — A darker bird stands by a white tray at the edge of the wire enclosure.

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