San Diego California USA-1949: A Small Black Dog Filmed While Playing In The

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

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A Small Black Dog Filmed While Playing In The — Clip Details

A small black dog plays joyfully on a grassy lawn in this vintage 1949 home movie footage from San Diego, California. The fluffy canine rolls onto its back, wiggles playfully, and kicks its legs in the air, showcasing natural, unscripted animal behavior. Filmed on 8mm film, the clip features authentic grain, soft focus, and warm color tones typical of mid-century home movies. The dog's energetic movements and relaxed posture convey a sense of carefree summer fun 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: 122719797

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 1940s San Diego home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic animal cutaway or nostalgic pet-life insert.
Period detail: The frames show a small black dog on a lawn, with era supported by the 1949 8mm metadata rather than visible landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged pet behavior as the dog rolls on its back and kicks its legs in a relaxed yard setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fluffy black dog, grass lawn, soft shadows, 8mm frame borders, motion blur, and warm color home-movie texture.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, transition, or quiet domestic insert within a mid-century family sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small everyday glimpse of postwar home life through a household pet rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 8mm dog playing, San Diego home movie pet, small black dog on lawn, and vintage animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1949 San Diego home movies, then broader vintage pet or backyard family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small black dog on a grassy lawn in 1949 San Diego home-movie footage, seen lying sideways in soft 8mm focus. — A fluffy black dog lies low on the lawn at the start of the clip.

Black dog rolls onto its back on a San Diego lawn, captured in warm 1949 8mm home-movie color. — The dog rolls playfully with its legs lifted above the grass.

The small black dog lies belly-up on the grass, one leg raised, in vintage 1949 San Diego 8mm footage. — The dog stays belly-up, kicking or stretching one leg in the grass.

Small black dog twists and rolls on the lawn in a brief 1949 San Diego home-movie frame. — The dog twists its body while continuing to roll on the lawn.

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