Florida-1958: Scarlet Macaw Walks On Pavement Around Person's Legs Rubbing Beak

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

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Scarlet Macaw Walks On Pavement Around Person's Legs... — Clip Details

A vibrant scarlet macaw walks on a paved surface in this 1958 Florida home movie, its brilliant red, yellow, and blue feathers standing out against the muted pavement. The parrot moves curiously around the legs of a person wearing dark pants and black shoes, occasionally rubbing its beak against the fabric. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the bird's natural inquisitiveness and the casual, candid atmosphere of a mid-century family moment. The grainy texture and color shifts typical of vintage Super 8 film add to the nostalgic charm.

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: 127281609

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: Supports 1950s Florida archive requests needing brief home-movie footage of a scarlet macaw interacting with a person in a casual outdoor setting.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1950s family or tourist moment, with dark trousers, black shoes, concrete pavement, and saturated 8mm color as visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged animal behavior as the macaw walks around a person's legs and appears to rub or inspect fabric with its beak.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a scarlet macaw, red yellow and blue feathers, concrete paving, dark trouser legs, black shoes, film borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, mild color shift, dark frame edges, and exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, animal behavior insert, Florida travel memory beat, or transition within mid-century home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual human proximity to a colorful captive or habituated bird, without enough visual evidence to identify a venue or occasion.
Research note: People are partly visible by legs only, so likeness risk appears limited but should still be reviewed separately from copyright and location permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Florida 8mm scarlet macaw, vintage home movie parrot on pavement, and mid-century bird interaction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Florida 1958 home-movie material, then broader vintage bird or animal interaction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A scarlet macaw with red, yellow, and blue feathers walks on pavement in 1958 Florida home-movie footage. — Scarlet macaw moving across pavement, framed by dark 8mm film edges.

A scarlet macaw stands near a person's legs and black shoes on pavement in 1958 Florida footage. — The macaw approaches a person's shoes on a paved surface.

The macaw moves close to dark trouser legs and black shoes, its bright feathers visible against the pavement. — Macaw walking around a person's feet in a candid home-movie frame.

A scarlet macaw faces toward a person's dark trousers and shoes on pavement in the Florida home-movie clip. — The bird turns toward the person's legs near a walkway seam.

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