District Of Columbia-1943: Peacock Facing the Camera With Its Train Spread in a Broad Fan

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationDistrict of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · District of Columbia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Animal display
Ornamental plumage
Amateur nature observation
Outdoor leisure
Bird behavior
Home movie memory

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Near bird level, frontal view
Setting: outdoor · Bare ground bordered by shaded foliage
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · No precipitation visible
Lighting: Uneven natural daylight with substantial shade
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: One male peacock
Objects: Bare earth · Leaf litter · Background foliage
Colors: purple · dark blue · brown · muted green · pinkish tan
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A front-facing peacock holds its train open across most of the frame.
A slight framing shift keeps the blue neck beneath the eye-patterned fan.
The bird remains on bare ground with its display raised.

Peacock Facing the Camera With Its Train Spread in a... — Clip Details

Probably the District of Columbia, United States, circa 1943 home movie footage shows a male peacock facing the camera with its long train raised into a broad fan. Eye-patterned feathers fill most of the frame above its blue neck and dark body, with bare ground below and foliage behind. The single shot holds on the display with small handheld shifts; dark exposure, soft detail and a strong purple cast characterize the projected-film capture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003075

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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: 1943 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: District of Columbia, 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 circa 1943 animal portrait suits documentary requests for amateur nature observation and brief wildlife cutaways within American sightseeing reels.
Period detail: The grain, soft rendering and altered color suggest an older amateur-film source, while the visible setting supplies no independently datable object.
Home-movie behavior: The operator holds a visitor's frontal view of the bird and makes small framing corrections while its display remains open.
What appears in frame: A blue neck rises above a dark body and slender legs, backed by a broad eyespot feather fan, bare earth, leaf litter and shaded foliage.
Film character: Dark exposure, pronounced purple coloration, grain and handheld drift give the projected-film capture its surviving archival texture.
Edit role: Use the sustained display as an animal cutaway, a pause between sightseeing scenes or a visual transition built around the radiating feather pattern.
Historical context: The surrounding reel links this quiet animal observation to a probable District of Columbia visit circa 1943, but the exact site is unidentified.
Research note: No people, logos, artwork or identifiable private property appear; copyright licensing remains separate from any applicable site or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1943 peacock display footage, small-gauge animal home movies and a probable District of Columbia nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's flowering trees and Washington memorial views, then other probable District of Columbia footage circa 1943, followed by comparable peafowl displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

A front-facing peacock spreads its eyespot train above bare ground, probably in the District of Columbia, circa 1943. — The raised train fills most of the view above the bird's blue neck.
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A peacock holds its fan open with its legs visible against pale earth, probably in the District of Columbia, circa 1943. — Slender legs remain visible below the dark body and spread plumage.
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Radiating eyespot feathers surround a peacock's blue neck in a circa 1943 home movie, probably filmed in the District of Columbia. — Rows of eyespot markings extend outward across the broad fan.
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A displaying peacock remains framed against shaded vegetation, probably in the District of Columbia, circa 1943. — The bird continues holding its train raised near the end of the shot.
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