California-1971: Band, Singers in Plaid and Costumed Bird Mascot Perform on Stage

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

live entertainment
theme park show
costumed character
1970s fashion
popular music
family leisure
audience perspective

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: indoor · Carpeted performance stage at a bird park, with a painted landscape mural in an ornate gilded frame, amplifiers and microphone stands
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: warm artificial stage lighting
People: 7 · Seven performers on stage: a guitarist and a drummer, two women singers (one in a long green plaid skirt and navy vest), a man in a yellow shirt and plaid vest, and a costumed bird mascot; the backs of audience members' heads show in the foreground
Objects: electric guitar · acoustic guitar on stand · drum kit · amplifier stack · microphones · microphone stands · boater hat · painted mural backdrop · gilded frame
Colors: deep red · yellow · green · white · olive brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

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The band plays as three singers perform behind a costumed bird mascot in a boater hat.
The man at centre sings and claps while the guitarist lifts his guitar neck.
The woman at left turns toward the mascot, still singing into her microphone.
She stretches an arm out toward the bird character as the show continues.

Band, Singers in Plaid and Costumed Bird Mascot Perform... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1971, home movie footage of a live stage show at a bird park. A small band with electric guitar and drums plays before a painted mural set in an ornate gilded frame, while two women and a man in plaid and dark vests sing into microphones and clap. A costumed bird character in a striped boater hat and red vest stands front and centre. The scene is filmed in one steady handheld wide shot from the seated audience, whose heads frame the bottom edge.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000956

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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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 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: 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: This clip answers requests for early-1970s American theme park entertainment, showing a live band and costumed mascot for documentaries on leisure, music or family tourism.
Period detail: Puffed-sleeve blouses, a long plaid maxi skirt, plaid vests over bright yellow shirts and the stacked amplifiers may show early-1970s stage fashion and gear.
Home-movie behavior: It is filmed by a visitor from an audience seat, so other spectators' heads intrude on the frame, giving a true first-person view of a family day at the show.
What appears in frame: A guitarist and drummer play at left, two women and a man sing into microphones, a costumed bird wears a striped boater hat and red vest, and a painted mural sits in an ornate frame.
Film character: Warm, saturated Super 8 colour with soft focus, visible grain and a steady handheld frame gives the shot the honest texture of a small-gauge amateur film.
Edit role: Use it as a short cutaway or memory beat within a theme park sequence, or as an insert of live entertainment between animal and attraction shots.
Historical context: Combining a pop band with a costumed host was a common family-show format at park venues of the era, and here it sits within a bird-garden visit.
Research note: The performers' faces are recognisable, so likeness releases may be needed, and the mascot costume and mural may carry separate venue design rights apart from the film copyright.
Research search match: Searches this clip matches include 1970s theme park stage show, Super 8 costumed mascot, vintage live band home movie and early-1970s plaid costume performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's lakeside pavilions and flamingo island and white peacock in full display, then with other early-1970s California park footage, then with vintage stage-show clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Live band, plaid-clad singers and a bird mascot in a boater hat on a park stage, probably California, circa 1971. — A band and singers perform with a costumed bird host at a bird park, circa 1971.
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Singer in plaid vest claps beside women in white blouses during a circa 1971 park stage show, likely California. — The centre singer claps along as the guitarist raises his instrument.
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Singer turns toward a costumed bird mascot during an early-1970s park stage show, probably California, circa 1971. — A singer turns toward the mascot mid-song, circa 1971.
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Singer gestures to a bird mascot in a boater hat as a band plays at a park stage show, likely California, circa 1971. — A singer gestures toward the costumed bird host as the band plays on.
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