Florida-1958: Colorful Parrots Perched High In Tropical Trees

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

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Colorful Parrots Perched High In Tropical Trees — Clip Details

FLORIDA-1958: Vibrant parrots perch on tree branches in a lush, tropical setting. The 8mm home movie captures two colorful macaws, one with blue and yellow plumage and another with green and red feathers, resting on a thick branch. The scene is set in a dense, dark forest with dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage 1950s Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a naturalistic enclosure. The birds remain mostly still, creating a serene, observational moment from a classic era of home filmmaking.

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: 127281694

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 a brief color cutaway of parrots or macaws in a tropical zoo or garden setting.
Period detail: The frames show saturated 8mm color, dense tropical planting, and perched parrots; the setting may be a Florida zoo, aviary, or visitor attraction rather than open wild habitat.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot observational feel, with the camera lingering on mostly still birds perched above eye level.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include colorful parrots, thick pale tree limbs, dark foliage, palm trunks, dappled sky, and a small triangular structure partly hidden in the background.
Film character: The footage carries a 1950s 8mm look with heavy grain, deep shadow, strong color saturation, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, tropical-location cutaway, zoo visit detail, or quiet memory beat within a Florida travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century home-movie attention to tourist wildlife displays and colorful animals, without confirming the exact facility or enclosure.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but species, location, copyright status, and any zoo or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Florida 8mm parrots, vintage home movie macaws in trees, tropical zoo birds, and mid-century color wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Florida 1958 travel material, then broader vintage zoo, aviary, tropical garden, or colorful bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing two colorful parrots perched high in a leafy tropical tree setting. — Two parrots rest on branching limbs against dense foliage.

Two parrots stay mostly still on high branches in a dark tropical setting, consistent with 1958 Florida home-movie footage. — Perched parrots are framed tightly among tree limbs and leaves.

Vintage 8mm view of colorful parrots perched on a thick limb in a dense Florida tropical garden or aviary setting. — The camera holds on two parrots perched together in heavy shade.

Wider 1958 Florida home-movie frame showing multiple parrots on pale branches with palms and sky in the background. — A wider view reveals multiple parrots perched across branching limbs.

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