Florida-1958: Parrot And Ducks on The Water

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

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Parrot And Ducks on The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene pond scene in Florida. White ducks glide across the dark water under a canopy of trees, their reflections shimmering in the dim light. The footage transitions to a close-up of a vibrant red parrot on a paved path, its feathers vivid against the muted background. The grainy texture and color shifts are characteristic of Super 8 film from the late 1950s, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127281629

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: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing brief wildlife or garden-pond footage with birds and a visitor-path detail.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1950s leisure or attraction setting, with ducks on shaded water and a red parrot near a paved walkway.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the birds at close range from a casual visitor perspective, holding on simple animal movement rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark pond water, white ducks, tree reflections, shaded banks, a red parrot, a paved path, and a passerby's lower legs.
Film character: The 8mm image has deep shadows, soft focus, saturated reds, visible grain, and slight exposure variation typical of handheld home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, Florida travel insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for mid-century leisure filming in Florida through animals, landscaped water, and a visitor walkway without identifying a specific site.
Research note: People are only partially visible, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and any animal-attraction permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Florida 8mm home movie birds, vintage pond ducks, red parrot walkway footage, and mid-century travel cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida material, then related bird, pond, zoo, garden, or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing white ducks on dark pond water with tree reflections in the background. — White ducks move across shaded pond water under trees.

Ducks glide across a shaded Florida pond in a grainy 1958 home-movie frame with dark reflections. — Ducks are scattered across the dark reflective pond.

1958 Florida home-movie frame of white ducks crossing dim pond water beneath a canopy of trees. — White ducks pass through dim water beneath trees.

Red parrot near a paved walkway in 1958 Florida footage, with a passerby's lower legs visible in the background. — A red parrot stands beside the walkway as a person passes behind it.

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