Irvine California-1974: Six Macaw Birds Perched On Tree Branches On A Cloudy Day

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

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Six Macaw Birds Perched On Tree Branches On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures six colorful macaws perched on bare tree branches in Irvine, California. The birds, displaying vibrant red, yellow, and green plumage, sit calmly against a backdrop of green shrubs, a grassy lawn, and distant mountains under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a suburban 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: 127394988

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: Useful for 1970s editorial or documentary requests needing brief 8mm wildlife or exotic bird cutaways in a Southern California suburban outdoor setting.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1974 Irvine landscape with macaws on bare branches, trimmed lawn, shrubs, distant hills, and a cloudy sky as visible period context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing perched birds from a fixed outdoor vantage point rather than presenting a formal wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red, yellow, and green macaws, pale bare branches, lawn, shrubs, distant hills, overcast sky, and slight glimpses of nearby structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, mild gate framing, and handheld or lightly drifting exposure typical of amateur physical-film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, suburban nature cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory detail in a 1970s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene places colorful birds within a landscaped outdoor environment, suggesting everyday home-movie observation of animals rather than a documented event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, animal setting, and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 8mm macaws, 1970s California home movie birds, Irvine outdoor wildlife footage, and vintage exotic birds on branches.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1974 Irvine or Southern California outdoor footage, then related vintage bird or animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine home-movie frame showing colorful macaws perched on pale branches with lawn, shrubs, and hazy hills behind them. — Macaws sit on bare branches in a landscaped outdoor area under a cloudy sky.

Colorful macaws remain perched on leafless branches in an Irvine outdoor setting, with lawn, shrubs, and distant hills visible. — Perched macaws are framed against bare branches and a muted hillside background.

1974 Irvine frame with multiple macaws perched on thin branches, with landscaped grass, shrubs, hills, and a partial roofline behind them. — Multiple macaws cluster on branches in a suburban-looking landscaped scene.

Six colorful macaws appear on bare branches in the 1974 Irvine footage, with a lawn, shrubs, cloudy sky, and distant hills beyond. — Six macaws perch at varied heights on a bare-branched tree in the outdoor scene.

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