California USA-1952: Gravestone For Burro Sappho And Dog Charlie

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Gravestone For Burro Sappho And Dog Charlie — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1952, showing a weathered gravestone in a sunlit cemetery. The stone, inscribed with names and dates, commemorates a burro named Sappho and a dog named Charlie. Green plants grow around the base, and the film exhibits natural grain, color fading, and slight camera shake typical of amateur 8mm footage from the era. The scene captures a quiet, nostalgic moment of rural American 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: 122620252

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: California, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California 8mm cemetery cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing a quiet memorial detail from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The weathered stone, simple lettering, wooden fence, and planted grave area may show a mid-century rural or roadside memorial setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the gravestone rather than staging action or directing subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rounded gravestone, carved animal names, dates, sunlit ground, green plants, a low fence, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, reflective transition, memorial cutaway, or visual pause in a sequence about travel, pets, cemeteries, or local history.
Historical context: The scene suggests a personal or local memorial for animals, with no people visible and no broader event identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but copyright, location, memorial inscription, and property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1952 California 8mm cemetery footage, animal gravestone home movie, burro Sappho dog Charlie memorial, and vintage pet grave cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 California footage, then cemetery, roadside travel, animal memorial, or rural Americana themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a weathered animal gravestone in partial shade, surrounded by low greenery and sunlit ground. — A shaded view of the animal gravestone with plants growing around its base.

1952 California home-movie frame with the Sappho side of the animal gravestone visible beside plants and fence shadows. — The gravestone comes into clearer view, with Sappho lettering and planted greenery visible.

1952 California 8mm frame showing the animal gravestone more closely, with partial Charlie and Sappho inscriptions among low plants. — A closer handheld view shows the two-part gravestone and surrounding cemetery planting.

1952 California 8mm frame centered on the Sappho section of the animal gravestone, with greenery and sunlit cemetery ground. — The final frame centers on the Sappho side of the memorial stone in soft sunlight.

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