San Diego California USA-1949: Black Dog Itching and Wagging Tail

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

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Black Dog Itching and Wagging Tail — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a black curly-haired dog in close-up and medium shots. The dog, with a shaggy coat, is seen scratching its head and face against a textured white wall, then walking across a grassy lawn. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and soft focus typical of mid-century amateur recordings. The dog's movements are natural and unposed, capturing a candid moment of a household pet. The footage has a nostalgic, intimate quality with visible film edges and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival material for historical or emotional storytelling.

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: 122719783

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: Useful for 1940s home-movie requests needing a brief domestic pet cutaway from San Diego, California, with no people visible.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century household setting through 8mm color stock, soft focus, a textured exterior wall, and a simple grassy yard.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pet behavior as the black dog rubs near a wall and moves across the lawn without posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shaggy black dog, textured white wall, doorway or dark edge, grass lawn, soft shadows, and rounded film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, color fade, uneven exposure, soft focus, handheld framing, and slight motion blur that support its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, domestic memory beat, animal cutaway, or gentle transition within a family or neighborhood sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small view of pet life in a private outdoor domestic space, without visible people, signage, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 San Diego 8mm home movie dog, black shaggy pet on lawn, vintage household animal footage, and mid-century pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Diego or 1949 home movies, then broader vintage pets, lawns, and domestic outdoor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego 8mm frame showing a shaggy black dog close to the camera near a pale textured wall. — Close-up of the black dog near the wall, with soft focus and visible film borders.

1949 San Diego 8mm frame with the black curly-haired dog facing camera against a pale exterior wall. — The dog faces the camera in a dim close-up against the textured wall.

1949 San Diego 8mm frame showing the black dog in a dark close-up beside the pale wall, likely rubbing or shifting its head. — A shadowed close-up catches the dog near the wall during its movement.

The dog walks across the grass in a wider outdoor view.

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