Medford New Jersey USA-1973: Kitten Backs Away From Human's Pointer Finger Going

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationMedford, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Medford New Jersey

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Kitten Backs Away From Human's Pointer Finger Going — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Medford, New Jersey, 1973, showing a small, dark-furred kitten cautiously backing away from a human's pointing finger on a carpeted floor. The clip has a distinct purple color cast and heavy film grain, characteristic of 8mm home movies from the era. The kitten, appearing young and slightly apprehensive, moves across the textured carpet while a person's hand and foot are visible in the background. The scene captures a candid, nostalgic moment of a pet interacting with its owner in a domestic setting.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121083707

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1390 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,wedding,kittens
Reel-level year note: 1973-1974
Reel-level location note: medford
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Medford, New Jersey, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1970s domestic home-movie requests needing a brief pet interaction insert for documentary, museum, education, or period-family sequences.
Period detail: The carpeted interior, low camera angle, household furnishings, and purple 8mm color cast may show a 1973 Medford, New Jersey home environment as described in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage captures an unstaged household moment as a small kitten backs away from a person's pointing finger on the floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-furred kitten, a pointing human hand, a bare foot, textured green carpet, dark furniture, a wall or cabinet edge, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries strong 8mm home-movie texture with heavy grain, soft focus, purple-blue color shift, uneven exposure, and visible contact-frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, domestic-life insert, or gentle transition within a sequence about pets, family interiors, or home movies.
Historical context: The scene reflects an ordinary private household pet moment rather than a public event, with visual value coming from the casual floor-level filming and domestic setting.
Research note: People are partly visible through a hand and foot, and the scene appears to be inside private property, so likeness, property, and copyright questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1970s 8mm kitten home movie, Medford New Jersey pet footage, vintage domestic cat clip, and kitten backing away from finger.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Medford, New Jersey home interiors, and then with broader vintage pet or family-home themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small dark-furred kitten stands low on a green carpet in a 1973 Medford, New Jersey home-movie frame, with a person's bare foot visible behind it. — Kitten on carpet near a bare foot.

The kitten crouches or pauses on the carpet in the domestic interior, with household furniture and soft purple 8mm color visible around the frame. — Kitten crouching on the carpet.

A small dark kitten faces toward the camera on a green carpet in the Medford home-movie interior, with dark furnishings and grainy 8mm texture visible. — Kitten facing the camera.

A person's pointing finger extends toward the small dark kitten as it moves across the green carpet inside the 1973 Medford, New Jersey domestic setting. — Pointing finger near the kitten.

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