San Diego California USA-1949: Little Black Puppy Lays On Grass Then Gets Up

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Little Black Puppy Lays On Grass Then Gets Up — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a small black puppy on a sunlit grassy lawn. The fluffy puppy initially lies down, then gets up and moves across the grass, casting a distinct shadow. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, capturing a nostalgic moment of a playful pet in a suburban backyard setting.

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: 122719670

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: San Diego, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1949 San Diego 8mm home-movie clip suited for editors needing a short domestic pet cutaway or mid-century backyard memory beat.
Period detail: Visible clues are limited to sunlit lawn, garden edging, and color 8mm home-movie handling, which may show a modest postwar residential yard setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal family-camera feel, watching a small puppy rest and shift position without staged action or visible handlers.
What appears in frame: A small black puppy, patchy green grass, strong sunlight, hard shadow, garden border, shrubs, and film-frame edges are visible across the frames.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, exposure variation, and contact-print edges that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a pet insert, domestic-life cutaway, gentle transition, or brief memory beat within a family or California home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of pet ownership and outdoor domestic space, without visible people, signage, landmarks, or public events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any property-context questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1949 San Diego 8mm puppy footage, vintage black dog on lawn, and mid-century home movie pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego home movies, then broader vintage pet and backyard-family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small black puppy rests on a sunlit grassy lawn in 1949 San Diego home-movie footage. — A black puppy lies on the grass in bright sunlight.

The puppy is mostly out of view while its shadow falls across the sunlit San Diego lawn. — The puppy moves toward the edge of the frame, leaving a dark shadow on the grass.

Black puppy lies low on a grassy yard with a garden border behind it in 1949 San Diego footage. — The puppy rests near a garden border in the yard.

Small black puppy sits or begins to rise on a sunlit lawn in the San Diego home-movie scene. — The puppy shifts upright on the grass near the edge of the garden.

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