San Diego California USA-1949: Small Black Dog With Curly Fur Gleefully Rolling On Grass

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

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Small Black Dog With Curly Fur Gleefully Rolling On Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a small black dog with curly fur playfully rolling on a green lawn. The dog, wearing a collar, lies on its back and kicks its legs in a joyful, carefree manner. The scene is captured with classic film grain and soft color saturation, framed by dark borders typical of 8mm film. A low stone wall appears in the background, adding to the nostalgic suburban atmosphere. This charming clip captures a moment of pure canine happiness and playful energy from the late 1940s.

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: 122719832

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 pet, domestic leisure, or playful animal cutaway from original 8mm material.
Period detail: The lawn, low stone wall, soft color, and 8mm frame borders support a late-1940s home-movie setting, with no visible landmarks or date markers in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged household pet moment as a small black curly-haired dog rolls on the grass and kicks its legs during play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small black dog, curly fur, collar, green lawn, low stone wall, dark film borders, and slight handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, modest color fading, dark frame edges, and exposure variation that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a warm insert, transition beat, comic cutaway, or memory detail in a sequence about pets, family life, or everyday postwar domestic scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers a small view of mid-century domestic outdoor life in San Diego through a family pet on a maintained lawn rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, source ownership, and any property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s 8mm dog on lawn, San Diego home movie pet, black curly dog rolling, vintage family pet footage, or small dog playtime may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Diego 1949 home-movie material, then broader 1940s pet, lawn, family life, and playful animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1949 San Diego home-movie footage, a small black curly-haired dog lies on a green lawn near a low stone wall. — The dog lies low on the grass at the start of its playful roll.

The small black dog stretches on its side across the grass, with the low stone wall and 8mm frame borders visible. — The dog stretches sideways while rolling on the lawn.

The dog continues rolling on the grass, its dark curly coat blending into the shadowed exposure of the 8mm frame. — The dog rolls with its body turned and head close to the lawn.

The small black dog lies partly on its back with legs lifted, finishing the playful roll on a San Diego lawn. — The dog kicks its legs upward during the roll.

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