California USA-1984: Siamese Cat Grooming in Garden with Purple and Red Flowers

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1984
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1984 California

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Siamese Cat Grooming in Garden with Purple and Red Flowers — Clip Details

A Siamese cat grooms itself in a sunlit garden, its dark points contrasting with white fur as it licks its coat. Behind the cat, vibrant purple grape hyacinths and red tulips bloom among green foliage, captured on 8mm film with natural grain and warm color tones. The footage shows the cat turning its head, its ears perked, in a quiet moment of self-care. Shot in California in 1984, this vintage home movie captures a peaceful spring day with authentic film texture and nostalgic charm.

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: 123034336

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 1562 · Super 8 · 3″ reel
Original reel label: calif trip
Reel-level year note: 1984
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1984 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: 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 1980s California home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic pet or spring garden cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or memory-driven edits.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1984 home garden scene with tulips, grape hyacinths, paved edging, and the soft color response typical of small-gauge amateur film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as a Siamese cat grooms and turns beside blooming flowers from a close, informal home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, dark ears and face points, red tulips, purple grape hyacinths, green leaves, sunlit paving, and deep garden shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, high-contrast sunlight, slight softness, and dense shadow areas that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a pet insert, spring garden transition, domestic-life cutaway, or brief memory beat between broader family or California sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects everyday amateur filming of a household pet and garden plants rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related context should still be checked against the source reel and license.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1984 California 8mm cat footage, Siamese cat grooming in garden, vintage home movie flowers, red tulips, and purple grape hyacinths.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1984 home-movie garden footage, then related vintage pet or spring flower scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1984 California 8mm frame of a Siamese cat grooming near purple garden flowers and sunlit paving. — A Siamese cat sits close to purple blooms along a garden path.

The Siamese cat turns near purple blooms and green foliage in this 1984 California home-movie frame. — The cat turns its head beside spring flowers and garden foliage.

1984 California 8mm frame showing red tulips, purple grape hyacinths, and green leaves in a garden bed. — Red tulips and purple grape hyacinths fill the garden frame after the cat moves out of view.

A 1984 California home-movie frame holds on red tulips and purple flowers in strong garden sunlight. — The shot settles on red tulips and purple blooms among dense green leaves.

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