Washington-1964: A Bird Perches On A Stick Struggling To Gain Balance

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Bird Perches On A Stick Struggling To Gain Balance — Clip Details

A small bird perches on a thin stick in a garden setting, struggling to maintain balance as it shifts its weight. The scene is captured on 8mm film with warm, slightly faded colors typical of 1964 home movies. The bird flutters its wings and adjusts its position on the stick, surrounded by soil, pebbles, and wooden garden edging. The footage shows natural film grain and subtle motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from a vintage home movie.

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: 127384269

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s 8mm editorial needs involving backyard wildlife, garden detail, or quiet domestic nature cutaways.
Period detail: The frame may show a mid-1960s home garden setup with simple wooden edging, soil, pebbles, and warm faded 8mm color.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie observation of a small bird balancing on a thin stick at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird, thin upright stick, weathered wood edging, gravelly soil, scattered pebbles, a cord or vine, and reddish garden border.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, warm color fading, and contact-sheet frame edges from the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, domestic garden cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat within a home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers modest visual context for backyard nature observation in a Washington home-movie setting without identifying a specific property or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright and any property context should still be reviewed before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Washington 8mm bird footage, vintage home movie garden bird, small bird balancing on stick, and backyard wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1964 garden material, then broader 1960s backyard wildlife or home-nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small bird appears beside a thin upright stick in a Washington garden scene from 1964 home-movie footage. — Small bird balancing near a stick above weathered garden edging and gravelly soil.

The bird remains near the upright stick in a close 1964 Washington garden view with soil and weathered wood visible. — Bird holds position near the stick as the garden soil and wooden edge fill the frame.

The small bird shifts near the stick in the 1964 Washington garden footage, with slight motion blur from movement. — Bird shifts its balance near the stick, partly blurred against the garden edge.

A small bird balances on or beside the thin stick in the Washington 1964 garden scene, framed by soil and wood edging. — Bird balances close to the upright stick with weathered edging and pebbled soil behind it.

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