St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Retro Film Of Cat Resting On Carpet

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Retro Film Of Cat Resting On Carpet — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1962 in St. Paul, Minnesota, showing a gray and white cat with a distinctive white muzzle and paws. The cat lies relaxed on a textured blue carpet, its eyes partially closed in a calm, sleepy state. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle motion blur, capturing a quiet domestic moment. The cat's ears twitch occasionally, and its whiskers are clearly visible in the close-up shots. The warm indoor lighting and analog film quality evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of mid-century American home life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813089

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: 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: Useful for 1960s U.S. domestic-life edits needing a quiet 8mm cutaway of a household cat in a modest interior setting.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century home surroundings through the textured blue carpet, warm indoor light, close pet framing, and physical 8mm color rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The footage records an unstaged pet moment, with the cat resting calmly as the camera observes at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gray and white cat, white muzzle and paws, textured blue carpet, dark background shadow, whiskers, pointed ears, and soft indoor light.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, softened focus, slight color shift, and mild motion blur that give the domestic scene its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, domestic transition, or quiet cutaway within a family-life or pet-related sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects an ordinary private home-movie view of a companion animal rather than a documented public event or identifiable social occasion.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property-related questions should still be reviewed separately from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm cat footage, vintage home movie pet on carpet, St. Paul Minnesota home movie cat, and retro domestic animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul domestic interiors, and then with broader vintage pet or quiet home-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 U.S. 8mm home-movie frame showing a gray and white cat stretched out on a textured blue carpet, partly in shadow. — Cat resting on blue carpet.

Close 1962 home-movie view of a gray and white cat with a white muzzle and visible whiskers resting on carpet in warm indoor light. — Close view of the resting cat.

1962 8mm frame with the cat's face and shoulder close to the camera, showing white whiskers, gray fur, and shadowed carpet detail. — Cat face in close-up.

Close 1962 U.S. home-movie frame of the gray and white cat resting quietly, with its muzzle, whiskers, ear, and carpet visible. — Resting cat in side close-up.

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