New York USA-1959: Siamese Cat Intently Watching While Lying On A Bed

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

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Siamese Cat Intently Watching While Lying On A Bed — Clip Details

A Siamese cat with striking blue eyes lies on a white textured blanket in this 1959 8mm home movie. The cat, with dark points on its ears, face, and paws, remains alert and intently watches something off-camera. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage shows natural grain, soft focus, and a warm, nostalgic color palette typical of home movies from the late 1950s. The scene captures a quiet, intimate moment of 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: 123044209

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: 1950s New York home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing a quiet domestic pet cutaway.
Period detail: The white textured bed covering and color 8mm home-movie look may show late-1950s domestic interiors without identifiable landmarks or brands.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as the Siamese cat rests alertly and watches activity beyond the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, blue eye reflections, dark ears and paws, a white textured blanket, soft bedding, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, pause, memory beat, or animal cutaway within a domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of mid-century home life through a pet on bedding, with no visible people, signage, or public setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property-context questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 8mm Siamese cat on bed, New York home movie pet footage, and vintage domestic animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1959 New York domestic footage, then broader 1950s pet and home-interior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York 8mm frame of a Siamese cat resting on a white textured bed covering with dark film borders visible. — A Siamese cat lies alert on a white blanket in a quiet domestic shot.

The Siamese cat remains on the bed, its dark ears, face, and paws visible against the pale blanket. — The cat holds a steady, watchful pose on the bedding.

1959 home-movie frame showing the Siamese cat lying on the bed, alert, with blue eye reflections and textured bedding. — The cat looks intently while lying low on the white bed covering.

The final frame keeps the Siamese cat centered on the white bed covering, with dark points and film-frame edges visible. — The cat remains curled and attentive at the end of the short clip.

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