Irvine California-1974: Scarlet Macaws on Tree Branches

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIrvine, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Irvine California

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Scarlet Macaws on Tree Branches — Clip Details

IRVINE CALIFORNIA-1974: Vibrant scarlet macaws perch on bare tree branches in a sun-drenched outdoor enclosure, their brilliant red, yellow, and blue feathers contrasting against green foliage and a distant hillside. The 8mm home movie footage captures the birds in natural poses, some preening, others observing their surroundings, with a rustic building visible in the background. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip exhibits characteristic grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1970s home movie aesthetic. The scene is peaceful and serene, showcasing wildlife in a park-like 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: 127394980

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: 1974 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: Irvine, California, 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: 1970s Irvine wildlife home-movie footage suited for documentary cutaways, education segments, or archive edits needing captive macaws in a sunny park-like setting.
Period detail: The scene may show a 1974 Southern California animal enclosure, with bare branch perches, trimmed grass, hillside planting, and a rustic low building in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing perched macaws without staging, narration, or direct human interaction visible in the frames.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include scarlet macaws, bare tree branches, green foliage, trimmed lawn, hillside shrubs, a path or service road, and a low rustic building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild gate borders, and handheld framing that give the bird enclosure a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a wildlife insert, 1970s travel-memory cutaway, zoo or park transition, or quiet observational beat between broader location scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a leisure or visitor encounter with colorful exotic birds in a landscaped California setting, without visible people or signage to identify the facility.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location access, captive-wildlife context, and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1974 Irvine 8mm macaws, 1970s California bird enclosure, scarlet macaws home movie, and vintage zoo wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1974 Irvine material, and then with broader 1970s California wildlife or zoo-visit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Scarlet macaws perch on pale branches in a landscaped Irvine, California enclosure, with lawn, shrubs, and a low building behind them. — Scarlet macaws rest on branch perches in a sunny landscaped enclosure.

Several scarlet macaws remain perched on branch supports in the 1974 Irvine scene, backed by foliage, lawn, and a rustic low structure. — Macaws cluster on branch perches with greenery and a low building in the background.

Perched macaws fill the branch structure as a green bird is visible near the bottom of the Irvine enclosure frame. — Macaws perch above the lawn while a green bird passes near the lower edge of the frame.

Scarlet macaws perch among pale branches in the Irvine wildlife enclosure, with a green bird near the grass and shrubs below. — Branch-perched macaws overlook a landscaped enclosure with a green bird near the grass.

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