Washington-1964: Brown Bird Perched on Fence Post

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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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Brown Bird Perched on Fence Post — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban scene in Washington. The clip opens on a close-up of a brown bird perched on a weathered wooden fence post near a gravel path, with a magnolia tree in the background. The camera then pans across a sun-drenched lawn, revealing lush green trees and a single-story house under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American neighborhood. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127384299

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: Supports requests for 1960s Washington home-movie views of suburban yards, backyard nature, and quiet residential atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The single-story house, trimmed lawn, fence, and garden planting may show mid-century suburban domestic landscaping in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers and pans like an unstaged family-film observation of a bird, yard, trees, and nearby house on a sunny day.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown bird, weathered fence post, gravel path, lawn, flowering tree, trimmed shrubs, sidewalk, and single-story house.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, suburban establishing insert, transition beat, or quiet memory detail within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a small domestic view of outdoor residential space rather than a documented public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are evident, but copyright and any property-context review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Washington 8mm suburban yard, brown bird on fence, magnolia tree home movie, and sunny residential lawn footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1964 material, then 1960s suburban gardens, birds, lawns, and trees.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a brown bird by a worn fence post, gravel path, and garden area in bright daylight. — A brown bird pauses near a weathered fence post beside gravel and garden planting.

1964 Washington residential yard with a sunlit lawn, trees, shrubs, sidewalk, and a single-story house in the background. — The camera looks across a sunny lawn toward trees, shrubs, a sidewalk, and a low house.

1964 Washington home-movie view of a residential lawn with shrubs, trees, sidewalk, and a house partly visible beyond. — A green lawn and clipped shrubs fill the foreground, with a sidewalk and house beyond.

1964 Washington yard view with flowering tree branches, dense shrubs, sunlit grass, and a partly obscured house behind foliage. — Flowering branches and dense shrubs dominate the yard as the house recedes behind foliage.

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