Washington-1964: Small Bird Preening on Wooden Beam in Garden

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Small Bird Preening on Wooden Beam in Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small bird perched on a weathered wooden beam in a garden. The bird preens and fluffs its feathers against a backdrop of damp soil, pebbles, and scattered stones. The footage shows natural movement and subtle shifts in the bird's posture, with a slightly overcast, soft light illuminating the scene. The grainy texture and warm color palette are characteristic of 1960s amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a domestic setting.

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: 127384233

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Washington home-movie wildlife footage for productions needing a brief domestic garden bird cutaway or natural-life insert.
Period detail: The weathered garden edging, small stones, damp soil, and warm 8mm color may show a mid-1960s domestic outdoor setting without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on an ordinary backyard moment as a small bird preens and shifts on a wooden beam, giving the clip an unstaged home-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird, weathered wooden beam, angled stick or cord, damp soil, pebbles, stones, garden edging, and narrow black film borders.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color, slight frame weave, and contact-sheet edge density typical of amateur physical-film material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, quiet transition, nature insert, or memory beat within a sequence about home gardens or everyday wildlife.
Historical context: The footage places small wildlife within a modest domestic garden setting, suggesting everyday outdoor attention rather than a staged nature scene.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any property-context concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Washington 8mm garden bird, vintage home movie backyard wildlife, small bird preening, and 1960s domestic nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Washington 1964 outdoor home-movie material, then broader 1960s garden and backyard wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small bird in 1964 Washington home-movie footage perched near a wooden garden beam, damp soil, pebbles, and stones. — A small bird pauses on a weathered garden beam beside damp soil and scattered stones.

Small bird appears beside a weathered wooden beam in a Washington garden, with pebbled soil and scattered stones visible. — The bird shifts along the beam, partly blending into the damp garden background.

In this 1964 Washington frame, the small bird sits low on the wooden garden beam near an angled stick or cord and stones. — The bird remains close to the beam while the garden soil and stones fill the background.

Small bird preens or fluffs on a weathered wooden beam in 1964 Washington home-movie footage, with damp soil and stones behind it. — The bird fluffs or preens on the wooden beam against a close garden backdrop.

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