California USA-1984: A Cat Surrounded By Flowers

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

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A Cat Surrounded By Flowers — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1984 captures a Siamese cat in a sun-drenched garden, surrounded by vibrant tulips and hyacinths. The footage opens with intimate close-ups of a yellow tulip's delicate petals and dark center, then shifts to show the cat sitting calmly among the colorful blooms. Shot on 8mm film, the clip displays warm, saturated colors and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a peaceful spring day in California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123034859

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 suited for documentary inserts about pets, spring flowers, domestic leisure, or personal memory.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1984 amateur garden scene, with era clues mainly from the 8mm color stock, saturated exposure, and informal close framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on a tulip before finding a calm Siamese cat among flowers, preserving an unstaged household garden moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow tulip petals, dark flower centers, green stems and leaves, orange and pink tulips, blue hyacinths, and a Siamese cat with a collar.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, high contrast, and close handheld framing give the clip its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a quiet cutaway, spring transition, pet-memory insert, or domestic garden detail within a larger 1980s sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private garden view of companion animals and ornamental flowers, without visible public events, people, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but copyright, animal setting, and any location or property context should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980s 8mm California cat in garden, Siamese cat flowers home movie, tulip close-up vintage footage, and spring garden pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1984 California home movies, then broader 1980s garden, pets, flowers, and domestic nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1984 8mm California home-movie close-up of a yellow tulip, showing soft focus, dark center, and saturated color. — A yellow tulip fills the frame in a shadowed garden close-up.

Close 8mm view of a yellow tulip in a California garden, with warm color, soft petal edges, and deep shadows. — The camera holds on the yellow tulip's petals and dark center.

Underexposed 8mm close-up of the yellow tulip, emphasizing its dark center and the dense shadows around the bloom. — The tulip appears darker as the handheld camera remains close.

1984 California 8mm home-movie frame of a Siamese cat with a collar sitting among tulips, hyacinths, and sunlit green leaves. — A Siamese cat sits calmly among bright spring flowers.

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