California USA-1984: Cat Patrolling A Flowerbed And An Extreme Close Up Of A Tulip

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

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Cat Patrolling A Flowerbed And An Extreme Close Up Of A... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1984 captures a Siamese cat patrolling a sunlit garden in California. The cat walks along a stone ledge, sniffing vibrant purple hyacinths and pink tulips. The footage transitions to an extreme close-up of a red tulip, revealing its yellow center and delicate stamen in rich, saturated colors. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a quiet backyard moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Extreme close-upClose-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123034437

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: 1980s California home-movie garden footage for productions needing domestic nature, pet behavior, or floral close-up inserts.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1980s residential garden setting, with planted tulips, hyacinths, a stone path, and strong home-movie color typical of small-gauge film.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a cat moving through a flowerbed and then lingers closely on a tulip, preserving an unstaged backyard moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, green leaves, pink tulips, purple hyacinths, a stone ledge, garden paving, and a red tulip center.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated reds and greens, visible grain, dark exposure shifts, and slight softness consistent with handheld home-movie filming.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, garden transition, pet insert, or floral detail between domestic scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents personal-scale gardening and pet observation rather than a public event, offering everyday California domestic context from the 1980s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, animal-use context, and any private-property concerns still require review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1984 California 8mm garden cat, vintage home movie tulip close-up, Siamese cat flowerbed, and Super 8 backyard flowers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1984 garden footage, then related home-movie clips of pets, flowers, and backyard nature.

Still Frames From This Clip

1984 8mm California home-movie frame showing a red tulip in extreme close-up, with yellow center detail and dark stamens. — Extreme close-up of a red tulip with its yellow center filling the frame.

Close 1984 California garden frame of a red tulip, emphasizing the yellow center, pale pistil, and dark stamens on 8mm film. — Close view of the tulip center with saturated red petals around it.

1984 California home-movie frame showing a Siamese cat walking along a garden ledge beside tulips and hyacinths. — A cat patrols the edge of a sunlit flowerbed beside spring blooms.

1984 California garden frame with a Siamese cat moving along a stone ledge next to tulips, hyacinths, and dense green leaves. — The cat continues along the garden border among tulips and hyacinths.

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