San Diego California USA-1949: A Man Plays With A Black Dog In Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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A Man Plays With A Black Dog In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a man in a light-colored t-shirt interacting with a black dog against a pink cinder block wall. The man, with dark curly hair, leans down and reaches toward the dog, which is partially visible in the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with warm color tones, slight grain, and natural lighting. The scene captures a candid, playful moment between a man and his pet, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American domestic life.

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: 122719773

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: Useful for 1940s home-movie requests needing a brief domestic pet interaction or informal San Diego backyard-style cutaway.
Period detail: The light T-shirt, colored masonry wall, wood trim, and 8mm color stock may show a late-1940s casual residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a man leans down and reaches toward a black dog near the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curly-haired man, a light T-shirt, a black dog, pink cinder block wall, wood trim, green slatted surface, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has warm color, visible grain, deep shadows, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway within a mid-century personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday pet companionship in a casual residential environment without showing a public landmark or identifiable event.
Research note: People and a dog are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1949 San Diego 8mm home movie, man with black dog, mid-century pet footage, and vintage domestic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel material, then other San Diego 1949 clips, then broader 1940s home-movie scenes of pets and family life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 San Diego home-movie footage, a curly-haired man in a light T-shirt bends near a pink cinder block wall. — A man leans down beside a colored masonry wall during a casual outdoor moment.

The man turns in profile and looks downward near the wall.

A man in a light T-shirt bends forward with his arm extended beside the pink wall in San Diego home-movie footage. — The man bends forward, reaching toward the lower edge of the frame.

A black dog is partly visible in the foreground while a person reaches near it in the 1949 San Diego home-movie clip. — A black dog comes into the foreground as a hand reaches toward it.

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