Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: A Man And A Woman Play With A Cat In The Backyard

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationRockaway Beach, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Rockaway Beach New York

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A Man And A Woman Play With A Cat In The Backyard — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, 1967, showing a man in a white suit and a woman in a light-colored outfit playing with a ginger cat in a suburban backyard. The scene unfolds on a sunny day beside a white picket fence and a house with a porch, capturing candid, nostalgic moments of domestic life. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of 1960s amateur home movies. The couple interacts gently with the cat, bending down and reaching out, creating a warm, intimate atmosphere of everyday Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 121305838

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 2234 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: chris piraino,
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: lynbrook new york
Date: 1967 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: Rockaway Beach, New York, 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: Useful for 1960s New York home-movie requests needing domestic backyard life, pet interaction, or everyday family leisure as editorial texture.
Period detail: The clothing, white picket fence, porch steps, lawn furniture, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s suburban seaside neighborhood domestic detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as adults bend, gesture, and approach a cat in a small yard beside a house.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a ginger cat, porch steps, white railing, picket fence, lawn, garden flowers, and outdoor chairs.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, saturated but faded color, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as authentic amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition into a sequence about pets, family, or 1960s neighborhoods.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor domestic life in Rockaway Beach, with adults casually spending time in a fenced yard near a porch.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, while copyright and any property or location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 Rockaway Beach home movie, 8mm backyard pet footage, 1960s New York family life, and vintage cat in yard.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family or yard scenes, then Rockaway Beach 1967 material, then broader 1960s pet, domestic, or backyard home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a woman bending toward a cat beside porch steps, lawn, flowers, and a white picket fence. — A woman leans toward the cat near the porch steps in the small fenced yard.

1967 Rockaway Beach frame with a man seen from behind entering the small yard near porch steps, railing, lawn, and picket fence. — A man steps into the yard as the porch and fence frame the scene.

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a man approaching while a woman bends toward a ginger cat near porch steps and a fence. — The adults gather around the cat near the steps and lawn edge.

1967 Rockaway Beach frame showing two adults by a white picket fence and porch steps, with one bending toward the grass where the cat had been. — Two adults remain in the yard, one standing by the porch and the other bending near the fence.

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