Laguna Beach California USA-1979: Man Petting Cat in Backyard

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationLaguna Beach, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 California

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Man Petting Cat in Backyard — Clip Details

A man with long curly blond hair crouches in a grassy backyard, gently petting a black and white cat. He wears a blue short-sleeved shirt and matching pants, typical of 1970s casual wear. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched yard with a brick wall, a large terracotta pot, and small white flowers. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a quiet, intimate moment of human-animal interaction, with the cat walking away in the final frame. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and personal memory from the late 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 123023274

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1979 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Laguna Beach, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s home-movie requests needing a quiet California backyard moment with pet care, casual dress, and domestic leisure.
Period detail: The blue casual outfit, long curly hair, 8mm color, and backyard setting may show late-1970s personal style and home life.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged gesture as a crouching man gently pets a black-and-white cat before the animal walks away.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy lawn, crouching man, black-and-white cat, brick wall, terracotta pot, small white flowers, and garden plants.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support a private home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, pet insert, or quiet transition within a 1970s family sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal backyard leisure and human-animal interaction in a suburban California home-movie context.
Research note: A visible adult face and possible private residential yard suggest likeness and property review, separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1979 Laguna Beach home movie, 8mm backyard cat, 1970s man petting cat, and California family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 Laguna Beach material, then broader 1970s pets and backyard life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1979 Laguna Beach backyard, a man in blue clothing crouches and pets a black-and-white cat on the lawn. — A crouching man pets a black-and-white cat beside a brick wall and garden plants.

The man remains crouched in the Laguna Beach yard as the black-and-white cat begins to move away across the grass. — The cat steps forward while the man reaches toward its back.

A man in blue 1970s-style casual wear pets the cat near small white flowers in the Laguna Beach backyard. — The cat pauses near the man's hand in the sunny backyard.

The black-and-white cat walks away across the lawn, with garden furniture and dense plants visible in the background. — The cat crosses the lawn as the backyard recedes into shadow.

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