St. Petersburg Florida-1972: Visitors Walking Past Flamingos and Perched Macaws Beside a Garden Pool

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1972 · Florida & St. Petersburg · Reel 4adc0a3a contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

Florida tourism
roadside attractions
tropical birds
vacation travel
1970s fashion
leisure
botanical gardens

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Tropical botanical garden attraction with a paved path, a small pool, an artificial tree bird perch and dense palm foliage
Time and weather: midday · unknown · sunny and clear
Lighting: Hard overhead sunlight with bright highlights on the path and deep shadow in the background foliage
People: 6 · Two older women in light blouses and dark skirts, a young man in a patterned short-sleeved shirt and wide trousers, a young woman in a long pale dress, a woman in a floral top and white trousers, and another older woman partly seen at the frame edge
Animals: flamingos · scarlet macaw · blue-and-gold macaw · white birds
Landmarks: Sunken Gardens
Objects: artificial tree bird perch · garden pool · paved path · handbag · feeding stand · palm foliage
Colors: dark green · orange-pink · grey · white · navy blue · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Macaws sit on an artificial tree perch above flamingos standing at the edge of a pool.
The camera pans left as two older women walk the sunlit path past the flamingos.
One woman points down toward the birds while a young man in a patterned shirt follows.
A couple, the woman in a long pale dress, walks on as another woman stands at frame left with a hand on her hip.

St. Petersburg Florida-1972: Visitors Walking Past... — Clip Details

Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972 home movie footage. Visitors walk a sunlit paved path beside a small pool where orange-pink flamingos stand loose among them, with scarlet and blue-and-gold macaws perched on an artificial tree in the foreground. The camera pans left with two older women, then a young man in a patterned short-sleeved shirt and a woman in a long pale dress, and ends as a woman in a floral top and white trousers stands at frame left. Filmed handheld in one medium-wide shot, in strong sun with deep shadow behind.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000457

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: St. Petersburg, Florida, 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: Answers requests for early 1970s Florida roadside attraction footage, showing ordinary visitors close to flamingos and macaws for tourism or leisure history productions.
Period detail: A long pale maxi dress, a patterned short-sleeved shirt with wide trousers, a headscarf and saturated warm colour stock suggest the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor films other visitors from across the pool, catching them unposed as they stroll, point at the birds and pause in the sun.
What appears in frame: Flamingos at a small pool, macaws on an artificial tree perch, a sunlit paved path, two older women, a young couple, a woman in white trousers and dark palm foliage.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and warm saturated colour, with hard sun on the path and deep black shadow behind, give it a clear small-gauge amateur texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat inside a Florida vacation sequence, with the left pan giving a natural exit point.
Historical context: Sunken Gardens was among Florida's most popular roadside attractions from the late 1940s through the 1970s, and this shows visitors walking beside its flamingo flock.
Research note: Several adult visitors are recognisable and the setting is a named commercial attraction, so likeness and property permissions are separate from the film copyright and depend on the intended use.
Research search match: Sunken Gardens flamingos 1970s, Florida roadside attraction home movie, tourists and macaws St. Petersburg, vintage Florida vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the scarlet macaw on perch and Sunken Gardens entrance sign clips from this reel, then the beachfront motel and cars on the beach, then other 1970s Florida tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Scarlet and blue-and-gold macaws on a tree perch above flamingos at Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972. — Macaws on an artificial tree perch and flamingos at the pool edge, Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972.
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Older woman walking past flamingos and a scarlet macaw on a sunlit path at Sunken Gardens, Florida, circa 1972. — Visitors pass within arm's reach of the flamingos on the path at Sunken Gardens, circa 1972.
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Woman pointing at birds and a young man in a patterned shirt beside flamingos at Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, circa 1972. — One visitor points toward the birds while a young man in a patterned short-sleeved shirt follows along the path, circa 1972.
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Visitors in early 1970s clothing, one in a long pale dress, walking past a flamingo at Sunken Gardens, Florida, circa 1972. — A young couple and two older women stroll the path as another visitor stands with a hand on her hip, Sunken Gardens, circa 1972.
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