San Diego California USA-1949: Small Dog With Curly Black Fur Excitedly Playing

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

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Small Dog With Curly Black Fur Excitedly Playing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a small black dog with curly fur playing on a grassy yard. The dog excitedly interacts with a bone-shaped treat, moving across the lawn under natural daylight. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1940s home movie quality with visible frame edges. The scene captures a joyful moment of a pet at play, with the dog occasionally looking toward the camera. The background includes a low stone wall and sparse vegetation, typical of mid-century suburban landscaping. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life and pet ownership in post-war America.

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: 122719685

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 home-movie pet footage for productions needing a brief domestic animal play insert from postwar Southern California.
Period detail: The grassy yard, low stone wall, sparse planting, and small dog may show mid-century suburban outdoor space without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged pet moment, with the camera observing a small black dog moving around a treat on the lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curly black dog, grassy yard, bone-shaped treat, low stone wall, scattered leaves, sparse plants, and film frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and frame-edge artifacts typical of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, domestic-life insert, pet memory beat, or transition within a mid-century family sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday visual context for pet ownership and yard play in a documented 1949 San Diego home-movie setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1949 San Diego home movie, 8mm small black dog, vintage pet playing in yard, and mid-century family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1949 San Diego clips, then broader vintage pet, backyard, and family home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small curly black dog in a San Diego yard in 1949 home-movie footage, with a low wall and sparse plants behind it. — A small black dog rests or crouches on the lawn near a low stone wall.

Small black dog remains on the lawn in 1949 San Diego footage, framed by grass, shadows, sparse plants, and a low wall. — The dog stays low on the grass as shadows fall across the yard.

Soft, motion-blurred 8mm frame from the San Diego yard scene, with grass filling most of the view and the dog partly entering frame. — Motion blur and soft focus obscure the dog as the camera catches the lawn at close range.

Small curly black dog stands over a bone-shaped treat on a grassy San Diego yard in 1949 home-movie footage. — The dog stands over the treat on the lawn, facing toward the camera.

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