San Diego California USA-1949: Woman in White Shirt Combing Black Dog on Stone Ledge

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

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Woman in White Shirt Combing Black Dog on Stone Ledge — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a woman in a white t-shirt and dark pants gently combing a black dog on a stone ledge against a pink brick wall. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural sunlight casting distinct shadows. The woman's focused expression and careful grooming motion capture a quiet, intimate domestic moment from the late 1940s. This authentic archival clip offers nostalgic Americana footage ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or vintage lifestyle projects.

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: 122719760

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 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: Supports requests for late-1940s San Diego home-movie footage showing domestic pet care and everyday leisure for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The white short-sleeve shirt, dark trousers, masonry wall, and 8mm color home-movie look may show a casual late-1940s domestic setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a woman calmly combs or grooms a black dog while seated on an outdoor stone ledge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white shirt, a black dog, a combing gesture, a stone ledge, a pink brick wall, sunlight, and deep shadows.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible 8mm grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, domestic cutaway, pet-care detail, or memory beat within a family-life or midcentury sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal household life and companion-animal care without making claims beyond the visible outdoor grooming moment.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s San Diego home movie, woman grooming black dog, vintage 8mm pet care, and midcentury domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego footage, and then related home-movie scenes of pets and domestic routines.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 San Diego home-movie footage, a woman in a white shirt bends over a black dog on a stone ledge by a pink brick wall. — A woman gently combs a black dog while seated beside a sunlit brick wall.

The woman continues grooming the black dog on an outdoor ledge, with the brick wall and strong sunlight visible behind her. — The grooming continues as the woman leans over the dog in bright outdoor light.

A seated woman in casual clothing works through the black dog's fur on a stone ledge in the San Diego home-movie scene. — A close domestic moment shows the woman carefully tending to the dog's coat.

The final frame shows the woman looking down at the black dog as she continues grooming it against the pink brick wall. — The woman looks down at the dog during the final visible grooming motion.

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