Florida-1958: Flamingos And Ducks At A Tropical Pond

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

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Flamingos And Ducks At A Tropical Pond — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a flock of pink flamingos congregating at the edge of a small pond in Florida. The birds stand gracefully on one leg while others wade in the water, with ducks and geese swimming nearby. Lush tropical foliage frames the scene, and the film's characteristic grain and color palette evoke a nostalgic, mid-century feel. This archival footage offers a serene glimpse into wildlife at a Florida zoo or park during the late 1950s.

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: 127281393

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Florida wildlife, zoo, park, or travel sequences needing a calm archival cutaway of flamingos and waterfowl.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, tropical planting, and pond-side bird display support a late-1950s leisure or zoo-park context without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing birds from a fixed vantage point near the pond rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pink flamingos, ducks, geese or swans, pond water, tropical foliage, a low shoreline, and a pale railing or structure at frame edge.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the footage recognizable mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, Florida travel cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a zoo, park, or vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century recreational observation of captive or park wildlife in Florida, with flamingos and other water birds gathered around a landscaped pond.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, property, and institutional display questions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Florida 8mm flamingos, vintage home movie pond birds, tropical park waterfowl, and mid-century zoo wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida park or zoo material, then broader vintage flamingo and pond wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing pink flamingos gathered at a pond edge, with rippled water and tropical foliage in view. — Flamingos cluster along the edge of a tropical pond.

1958 Florida 8mm frame with flamingos at a landscaped pond and ducks or geese swimming nearby beside a pale railing. — Flamingos and waterfowl share a landscaped pond.

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing ducks and white water birds on a pond, with flamingos partly visible near the lower shoreline. — Waterfowl cross the pond as flamingos remain near shore.

1958 Florida 8mm frame of flamingos beside a pond with ducks and white water birds swimming in a landscaped setting. — Flamingos stand near the water as other birds swim past.

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