Laguna Beach California USA-1979: Child Petting Small Puppy On Grass

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

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Child Petting Small Puppy On Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a young person in blue jeans and a white shirt crouching on a grassy lawn, gently petting a small black and tan puppy. The puppy, likely a young German Shepherd mix, playfully rolls and moves on the green grass as the person strokes its back. The footage has a soft, grainy quality typical of Super 8 film, with natural outdoor lighting and slight camera movement, evoking a warm, nostalgic moment of childhood companionship and pet care.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123023918

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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

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: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet domestic pet-care or childhood-companionship insert from Southern California.
Period detail: The blue flared jeans, soft outdoor color, and 8mm handling may show late-1970s casual family filming rather than a staged scene.
Home-movie behavior: A person crouches close to the grass and gently handles a small puppy, giving the clip an unstaged family-pet observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy lawn, a crouching person in blue jeans, hands reaching toward the puppy, a small black-and-tan dog, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries a soft 8mm home-movie look with grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its original film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for family life, pets, childhood, or everyday 1970s leisure.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of casual pet interaction in a residential outdoor setting, with no visible landmark or public event context.
Research note: People are partially visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1979 Laguna Beach 8mm puppy on grass, vintage home movie child with dog, and 1970s family pet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 Laguna Beach material, then broader 1970s family-pet or backyard home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Laguna Beach 8mm frame showing a crouching person in blue jeans reaching toward a small puppy on grass. — A crouching person reaches toward a small puppy on the lawn.

1979 Laguna Beach home-movie frame with a small black-and-tan puppy beside a person's hand and blue jeans on grass. — The puppy shifts beside the person's hand and pant leg.

Soft 1979 8mm frame from Laguna Beach showing a small black-and-tan puppy alone on a grassy lawn. — The puppy is seen on the grass in a soft, handheld frame.

1979 Laguna Beach 8mm frame with a blurred puppy close to a person's leg and hand on the lawn. — A blurred close frame catches the puppy near the person's leg.

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