Florida-1958: Black Pelican Biting Feathers and Bird of Prey Perched on Rock

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

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Black Pelican Biting Feathers and Bird of Prey Perched... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a black pelican in a zoo enclosure, its long beak open as it preens its feathers. The bird stands on sandy ground near a mesh fence, with a tree trunk and rocks visible in the background. The footage shows natural behavior in a captive setting, with the characteristic grain and color shift of mid-century amateur film. A second clip shows a large bird of prey perched on a rock formation, surrounded by greenery and artificial rockwork. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into Florida's wildlife exhibits from 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127281575

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 wildlife, zoo, and home-movie requests needing brief editorial cutaways of captive birds and animal behavior.
Period detail: The 8mm color, zoo-style enclosures, mesh fencing, artificial rockwork, and dated metadata support a late-1950s Florida visitor-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing a pelican preening at close range and a raptor-like bird perched quietly in an exhibit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark pelican, long bill, feathers, sandy ground, mesh fencing, a perched bird of prey, rockwork, tree bark, and greenery.
Film character: The footage carries mid-century 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, exposure shifts, color fading, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife exhibit insert, zoo-memory cutaway, Florida travel transition, or quiet animal-observation beat.
Historical context: The scenes show captive wildlife displays as filmed by an amateur visitor, offering visual context for mid-century zoo tourism without identifying the facility.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, archive license terms, and any zoo-property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Florida 8mm zoo footage, vintage home movie pelican preening, captive bird of prey exhibit, and mid-century wildlife display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida zoo or travel footage, then broader vintage captive-wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing a dark pelican in a zoo enclosure beside sandy ground and wire mesh fencing. — A dark pelican stands close to the camera in a fenced zoo enclosure.

Close 8mm view of a dark pelican preening or holding its bill against feathers inside a Florida zoo enclosure. — The pelican's long bill and dark feathers fill the frame near wire mesh.

1958 Florida home-movie frame showing a large dark bird of prey perched on artificial rockwork in a zoo-like exhibit. — A raptor-like bird perches on a rock formation framed by bark and plants.

A dark raptor-like bird remains perched on rockwork in a Florida zoo exhibit, with tree bark and green foliage visible. — The perched bird is seen against rockwork and foliage in a captive exhibit setting.

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