Nassau Bahamas-1961: Flamingos Feed In Lagoon At Ardastra Gardens

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNassau, Bahamas
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Nassau Bahamas

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Flamingos Feed In Lagoon At Ardastra Gardens — Clip Details

NASSAU BAHAMAS-1961: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures the Ardastra Gardens entrance sign, followed by a vibrant scene of numerous flamingos feeding in a lagoon. The pink birds gather in a stone-walled enclosure surrounded by lush greenery and bright yellow flowers. A woman in a patterned dress walks along the edge of the pond, observing the wildlife. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic 1960s aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, travel nostalgia, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127584593

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Nassau, Bahamas Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 Nassau travel footage for archive requests needing visitor-shot 8mm material of flamingos and Ardastra Gardens wildlife scenes.
Period detail: The entrance sign, patterned dress, saturated color, and handheld framing support an early-1960s home-movie travel context in Nassau.
Home-movie behavior: The camera moves from the garden sign to feeding flamingos, holding a visitor's observational view as a woman walks along the pond edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an Ardastra Gardens sign, stone walls, shaded trees, yellow flowers, a lagoon, many flamingos, and a woman in a patterned dress.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as original travel home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a Nassau travel insert, a wildlife cutaway, a garden transition, or a brief memory beat within 1960s vacation material.
Historical context: The footage shows a tourist garden setting where visitors observe flamingos in a landscaped lagoon, without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: Human likeness and the Ardastra Gardens sign may require review; copyright, location, signage, and likeness permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Nassau Bahamas 8mm flamingos, Ardastra Gardens home movie, vintage Caribbean wildlife, and lagoon feeding birds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1961 Nassau or Bahamas travel scenes, then broader vintage zoo, garden, flamingo, and Caribbean wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nassau home-movie frame showing the Ardastra Gardens sign near trees, a stone wall, and shaded garden paths. — Ardastra Gardens sign at the entrance area, filmed from a visitor perspective.

1961 Nassau frame of flamingos gathered in a stone-walled lagoon at Ardastra Gardens, partly obscured by a dark film edge. — Flamingos cluster in the lagoon with stone walls and flowering plants behind them.

1961 Nassau home-movie view of flamingos feeding in a lagoon while a woman in a patterned dress walks along the stone edge. — A visitor walks along the pond edge while flamingos feed below.

1961 Nassau frame showing flamingos in shallow lagoon water, with a woman observing from the stone ledge at Ardastra Gardens. — Flamingos stand and feed in the garden lagoon as a visitor looks on.

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