New York USA-1959: Siamese Cat Grooming Itself On White Blanket

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

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Siamese Cat Grooming Itself On White Blanket — Clip Details

A Siamese cat with dark points and a cream-colored body lies on a textured white blanket in this 1959 8mm home movie. The cat grooms itself, licking its fur with focused attention, its blue eyes visible in the dim, warm lighting. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, soft focus, and a nostalgic, intimate home movie aesthetic. The cat's calm, self-cleaning behavior is captured in a quiet domestic moment, evoking mid-century Americana and the charm of early home cinematography.

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: 123044175

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief domestic pet insert or quiet animal behavior cutaway.
Period detail: The visible setting is limited to a Siamese cat on a textured white blanket, with the 1959 New York context supported by clip metadata rather than frame-specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as the cat lies calmly and grooms itself in front of the home camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, dark face and paws, cream body, textured white blanket, soft indoor light, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a pet cutaway, domestic memory beat, or quiet transition within a mid-century home-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects a small-scale domestic home-movie subject, emphasizing everyday pet care rather than public events or identifiable locations.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright and any underlying ownership questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm Siamese cat footage, vintage home movie cat grooming, and mid-century domestic pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel household footage, then with 1959 New York home movies, then with broader vintage pet or domestic-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York 8mm frame of a Siamese cat resting on a textured white blanket, seen in soft indoor light. — Siamese cat resting on a white blanket, head turned to the side.

Siamese cat on a textured white blanket in 1959 New York home-movie footage, its face angled upward in dim light. — The cat reclines on the blanket with its face lifted slightly upward.

A curled Siamese cat rests on a textured white blanket in a soft 1959 8mm New York home-movie frame. — The cat remains curled on the blanket, its dark face turned toward the camera side.

Siamese cat facing toward the camera while lying on a textured white blanket in 1959 New York 8mm footage. — The cat faces forward from the blanket near the end of the short home-movie clip.

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