Northland New Zealand-1976: Native Bird Park Sign, Then a Tilt Up to a Netted Geodesic Aviary Dome

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationNorthland, New Zealand
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · Northland, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1976 · Waitangi & Northland · Reel 0c5fa60b contains 9 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

tourism
wildlife attraction
native birds
aviary architecture
conservation
travel home movie
geodesic structure

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · visitor bird park with a large netted geodesic aviary surrounded by bush and planted beds
Time and weather: day · overcast
Lighting: flat diffuse daylight under cloud
People: 0
Objects: painted wooden sign · white directional arrow · timber rail fence · geodesic dome framework · bird netting · flax-like plants · trees and shrubs · pale path or kerb
Readable signs: NATIVE BIRD PARK
Colors: lilac white · navy green · blue violet · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A NATIVE BIRD PARK sign with a white arrow stands by a timber rail fence.
The camera begins tilting upward and the sign starts to drop out of frame.
Only the top of the sign remains as the netted dome framework takes over the picture.
The geodesic aviary roof fills the frame against an overcast sky.

Native Bird Park Sign, Then a Tilt Up to a Netted... — Clip Details

Likely Northland, New Zealand, circa 1976 home movie footage. A dark painted sign reading NATIVE BIRD PARK, with a white arrow, stands by a low timber rail fence in front of flax-like plants and dense bush, while the struts of a large netted structure already lace the sky above. The camera tilts upward, letting the sign drop out of frame, until the geodesic aviary framework fills the picture against a pale overcast sky. It is a single handheld Super 8 shot on faded colour stock with soft focus and a blue-violet cast.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002059

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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: 1976 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: Northland, New Zealand 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: Fits a request for circa 1976 amateur footage of a New Zealand nature attraction, giving a readable bird park sign and an aviary establishing shot in one move.
Period detail: The faded Super 8 colour and the painted sign may show a 1970s visitor attraction, though nothing in the frame fixes a precise year.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist films the sign first to record where they are, then tilts up to show the scale of the aviary, the way visitors often noted places on travel reels.
What appears in frame: A dark painted NATIVE BIRD PARK sign with a white arrow, a low timber rail fence, flax-like plants, dense green bush, and the netted lattice of a large dome against overcast sky.
Film character: Faded Super 8 colour leaning blue-violet, soft focus, visible grain and a handheld tilt give the shot a period travel-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or quick location card for a bird park sequence, or as a short transition between nature scenes.
Historical context: The sign advertises native birds, and in the same reel section the traveller also filmed kauri trunks and native water birds, which fits a tourist interest in New Zealand wildlife.
Research note: No people appear; the sign wording and the aviary structure may belong to a park operator, so check property and design rights separately from the copyright in the film.
Research search match: Super 8 native bird park New Zealand, 1970s geodesic aviary dome, vintage wildlife park sign home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Canada geese preening by a pond and the rose garden before a brick house, then with other Northland and Auckland zoo footage of the same trip, then with wildlife attraction material from the period.

Still Frames From This Clip

NATIVE BIRD PARK sign by a rail fence under a netted aviary, likely Northland, New Zealand, circa 1976, Super 8 — A NATIVE BIRD PARK sign points the way, with the aviary's framework already crossing the sky, circa 1976.
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Handheld Super 8 frame as the camera starts tilting off a bird park sign, likely Northland, New Zealand, circa 1976 — The camera starts its upward tilt and the sign's lettering softens with the movement.
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Geodesic aviary struts over native bush as the sign leaves the frame, likely Northland, New Zealand, circa 1976 — Mid-tilt: the dome's ribs and hubs take over the frame as the sign drops away.
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Netted geodesic aviary dome seen from below at a bird park, likely Northland, New Zealand, circa 1976, faded Super 8 — The full aviary roof, a mesh-covered steel lattice, fills the frame at the end of the tilt.
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