Washington-1964: Bird Balancing on Rope Preening Wing

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Bird Balancing on Rope Preening Wing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small bird balancing on a thin rope tied to a wooden food stand in a garden setting. The bird, with visible feathers, preens its wing while perched on the taut line, surrounded by soil, pebbles, and green foliage. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of Super 8 footage, with natural lighting and a slightly grainy texture. This archival clip offers a charming glimpse of wildlife behavior in a domestic outdoor environment, evoking nostalgia for mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127384198

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1960s home-movie requests needing a brief wildlife or garden cutaway from Washington-shot 8mm material.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century domestic garden detail, with wooden edging, soil, plants, and a simple rope perch visible rather than date-specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged close observation of a small bird balancing and preening in an ordinary outdoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird, taut rope, weathered wooden stand, dark soil, pebbles, green foliage, and rounded film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark frame edges that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, garden cutaway, quiet transition, or small observational memory beat.
Historical context: The clip places wildlife behavior within a domestic outdoor environment, suggesting everyday backyard attention rather than a staged nature sequence.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property-context questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Searches might include 1964 Washington 8mm bird on rope, vintage home movie garden wildlife, or small bird preening cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 Washington outdoor footage, then broader home-movie wildlife or garden material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a small bird balancing on a taut rope near a wooden stand, soil, pebbles, and foliage. — Small bird balances on a rope in a garden setting.

Small bird remains on the rope in a Washington garden scene, framed by soil, low plants, and the dark edges of 8mm film. — Bird perched on a rope above soil and garden plants.

1964 8mm frame with a small bird angled along a rope near weathered wood, pebbled soil, and green garden growth. — Bird shifts its posture while balancing on the rope.

Small bird appears to preen or adjust its wing while perched on a rope in a Washington garden, with soil and foliage visible. — Bird appears to preen while perched on the taut line.

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