Florida-1958: Macaws Perched on Tree Branch

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

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Macaws Perched on Tree Branch — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures three colorful parrots perched on a large tree branch in Florida. Two red macaws and one yellow-and-blue macaw rest among the gnarled limbs, surrounded by dense tropical foliage and palm trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and a slightly overexposed sky, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American vacation. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, naturalistic view of these exotic birds in a lush, sun-dappled setting.

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: 127281706

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 travel, zoo, wildlife, or vacation sequences needing a brief 8mm cutaway of colorful parrots in tropical foliage.
Period detail: The supplied 1958 date and 8mm source support a mid-century home-movie context, while the frames show parrots, palms, dense greenery, and bright Florida light.
Home-movie behavior: The steady visitor viewpoint records the birds as a quiet vacation observation rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red macaws, a yellow-and-blue macaw, pale twisting tree limbs, palm trunks, dark foliage, and an overexposed sky.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, saturated color, slight underexposure in foliage, and blown highlights that read as period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, wildlife cutaway, or memory beat within a Florida or mid-century vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects a leisure-camera view of exotic birds in a tropical Florida setting without confirming the exact site or circumstances.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or animal-display permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Florida 8mm parrots, mid-century home movie macaws, vintage tropical bird footage, and Florida vacation wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida footage, then related vintage animal, zoo, garden, or tropical travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame showing two red macaws and a yellow-and-blue macaw perched in a branching tree with palms behind them. — Three parrots rest on a twisting tree branch amid tropical foliage.

1958 Florida home-movie frame with red macaws above and a yellow-and-blue macaw lower on a pale, gnarled tree branch. — Red and yellow-blue parrots perch at different levels of the tree.

Florida 1958 8mm still showing three macaws arranged on broad pale branches, surrounded by dark tropical foliage and palm trunks. — The birds hold their positions while the 8mm camera frames the tree.

Late frame from the 1958 Florida clip showing red macaws and a yellow-and-blue macaw perched among pale branches, palms, and deep foliage. — A final steady view of the parrots in the branching tree.

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