Copenhagen Denmark-1982: Pigeons Scatter Around a Dragon Fountain as Visitors Gather

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Copenhagen, Denmark
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

city life
tourism
urban wildlife
public squares
European travel
landmarks

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Paved city square with a bronze fountain, flower planters, traffic and office buildings
Time and weather: day · autumn · overcast
Lighting: flat overcast daylight
People: 12 · A group of adults and children in jackets gathered by the fountain, a person crouching among the birds in the foreground, and pedestrians farther back
Animals: pigeons
Vehicles: sedans · yellow car · blue sedan
Landmarks: Dragon fountain · City Hall Square
Objects: flower planters · street lamp · rooftop signs · awnings · paving stones · shopping bag
Readable signs: TUBORG · BALTICA
Colors: slate blue · grey · purple · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Pigeons scatter across the paving as the camera starts a short pan right.
The frame settles on the Dragon fountain with visitors gathered around it.
Birds land around a person crouching in the foreground.
A yellow car crosses the square behind the fountain as the shot holds.

Pigeons Scatter Around a Dragon Fountain as Visitors Gather — Clip Details

In Copenhagen, circa 1982, home movie footage shows City Hall Square at ground level, with pigeons scattering and settling across the paving in the foreground. The bronze Dragon fountain stands at centre, ringed by flower planters and a group of adults and children, while one person crouches among the birds. Behind them rise office blocks topped by a Tuborg roof sign, and cars cross the square. The Super 8 shot pans briefly right, then holds steady under an overcast sky.

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: 800002140

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1982 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: Copenhagen, Denmark 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-1980s Copenhagen street life, especially City Hall Square and its pigeons, for documentaries, travel histories and education pieces on Denmark.
Period detail: Compact sedans from the late 1970s and early 1980s, casual jackets and a Tuborg rooftop sign may show the square around 1982.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's unposed view of the square, catching a crouching person among the pigeons and a family group at the fountain rather than a composed postcard shot.
What appears in frame: Pigeons on the paving, the bronze Dragon fountain with flower planters, a group of adults and children, a crouching figure, passing cars, and office blocks with a Tuborg sign.
Film character: Super 8 grain with soft focus and a cool blue-magenta cast under overcast light, with a short handheld pan that settles into a held frame.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for Copenhagen, or a brief memory beat of travel with movement from the birds.
Historical context: The checked facts date the Dragon fountain to 1904 to 1923, so here it is an established landmark in a busy square shared by traffic, visitors and birds.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: children and adults appear at a distance, and the Tuborg branding and public sculpture may call for their own review before commercial use.
Research search match: Copenhagen City Hall Square 1980s, pigeons Super 8 home movie, Dragon fountain vintage footage, Denmark travel film circa 1982.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with City Hall Square traffic from the tower and Bicycles and a city bus in Copenhagen from the same reel, then other early-1980s Copenhagen streets, then pigeon and square scenes from elsewhere.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pigeons scatter on Copenhagen's City Hall Square by the Dragon fountain, circa 1982, cars passing below a Tuborg roof sign — Pigeons lift off the paving as the camera begins its pan across City Hall Square, Copenhagen, circa 1982.
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Visitors gather at the Dragon fountain on City Hall Square in Copenhagen, circa 1982, as pigeons flutter nearby — Adults and children gather at the Dragon fountain while birds move across the square.
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A person crouches among pigeons on Copenhagen's City Hall Square, circa 1982, the Dragon fountain and rooftop signs behind — A visitor crouches among the pigeons in front of the Dragon fountain, circa 1982.
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A yellow car crosses Copenhagen's City Hall Square behind the Dragon fountain, circa 1982, pigeons settling in front — Traffic crosses City Hall Square behind the fountain as the birds settle, Copenhagen, circa 1982.
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