New York USA-1959: Siamese Cat on Porch Searching for Food

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Siamese Cat on Porch Searching for Food — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1959 captures a Siamese cat on a sun-drenched porch in New York. The cat, with its distinctive dark points and cream-colored body, stands alert on the wooden deck, its gaze fixed downward as if searching for food. The scene is framed by a white picket fence and green trim, with dappled sunlight casting long shadows across the floorboards. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123043420

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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: New York, 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 1950s domestic-life requests needing a brief animal cutaway from New York home-movie footage.
Period detail: The porch railing, painted trim, wooden boards, and saturated 8mm color support a mid-century residential setting without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as the camera watches a Siamese cat pause and look around on a sunny porch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, white porch railing, green trim, wooden floorboards, steps or ledge, dappled shadows, and house siding.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, mild gate weave, visible grain, and dense 8mm color that give the short scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, domestic memory beat, animal cutaway, or quiet transition within a family or neighborhood sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small view of mid-century household space and pet life, centered on a cat in sunlight rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, though copyright and any property-context questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1959 New York 8mm cat footage, Siamese cat on porch, 1950s home movie pet, and vintage domestic animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other New York 1959 home-movie scenes, then broader 1950s domestic animals or porch exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a Siamese cat on a porch with white railing, green trim, and dappled shadows. — A Siamese cat stands alert on the porch in bright sun.

1959 New York frame with the Siamese cat turned slightly on a sunlit porch, bordered by railing and house trim. — The cat turns on the porch near the railing and trim.

1959 New York home-movie still of a Siamese cat pausing on a porch with white railing and angled shadows. — The cat pauses with sunlight and shadow across the boards.

The cat faces sideways below the porch railing.

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