California-1941: Peacock Walking Through Garden Undergrowth with Its Train Trailing

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1941 · California & San Francisco · Reel 3ab2bdd4 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

wildlife
ornamental birds
gardens
travel
early color film
nature

Shot type: close-up
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Garden undergrowth with low leafy ground cover, dry twigs and leaf litter
Time and weather: daytime · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with deep shadows under the bird
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: peacock (male Indian peafowl)
Objects: leafy ground cover · dry twigs · leaf litter
Colors: green · iridescent blue · bronze · brown · ochre
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A male peacock stands at lower left with its blue neck and crest raised.
The bird walks right as the camera pans and the green train comes into view.
The full body is seen mid-stride, legs moving through the ground cover.
The head exits right and the trailing tail feathers fill the frame.

Peacock Walking Through Garden Undergrowth with Its... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1941, home movie footage of a male peacock walking through sunlit garden undergrowth. The bird enters at the lower left with its blue neck and crest raised, then strides right across low leafy ground cover while its long bronze-green train slides through the picture behind it. The handheld camera pans at close range to keep pace. The shot ends as the head leaves at the right and the patterned tail feathers fill the lower half of the frame.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001198

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1941 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: Serves requests for early-1940s color home movie footage of birds or gardens, useful as a vivid opener for travel or nature segments.
Period detail: The saturated Kodachrome-style color and 8mm grain may show the look of amateur color film from around 1941, though the frame itself holds no dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's camera follows a peacock at close range, capturing the unscripted curiosity of a traveler filming an unfamiliar bird.
What appears in frame: A male peacock with an iridescent blue neck and small crest, barred brown wing feathers, a long bronze-green train, pale legs mid-stride, and sunlit leafy ground cover with dry twigs.
Film character: Rich, saturated color with dense shadows, visible 8mm grain, soft focus and handheld motion blur give the shot an authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a colorful cutaway, a scene-setting opener for a California trip, or a short memory beat between landscape shots.
Historical context: The shot opens a color trip reel that later reaches San Francisco, made a few years after Kodak introduced 8mm Kodachrome in May 1936.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear, but the copyright in the original film and the garden's ownership are unconfirmed, so licensing should consider both separately.
Research search match: Matches searches such as vintage peacock footage, 1940s color home movie bird, 8mm Kodachrome-era garden, and archival peafowl walking.
Archive pairing path: Start with the surf at Seal Rocks and the Golden Gate Bridge shot from this same reel, then move to other early-1940s California travel scenes, and finally to color footage of ornamental birds in gardens.

Still Frames From This Clip

Male peacock entering a sunlit garden, probably California, circa 1941, in 8mm color home movie film — A peacock steps into frame, its crest raised and blue neck bright in the sun.
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Peacock striding through garden undergrowth with its green train trailing, likely California, circa 1941 — Mid-stride, the bird walks right as its long train follows across the ground.
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Side view of a peacock mid-step in a sunlit garden, circa 1941 color 8mm film, probably California — The full bird in profile, legs mid-step and faint eyespots showing on the train.
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Trailing tail feathers of a peacock leaving frame in a garden, likely California, circa 1941 home movie — The head has gone out of frame, leaving the long trailing tail across the ground.
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