San Diego California-1962: A Siamese Cat Sleeping in Sunlight and a Mariner with Boats

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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A Siamese Cat Sleeping in Sunlight and a Mariner with Boats — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a Siamese cat sleeping on its back in a patch of sunlight on a wooden floor, its paws curled and body relaxed. The scene shifts to a marina in San Diego, where numerous boats and sailboats are docked at piers under a clear sky. The footage shows a mix of covered and uncovered vessels, with calm water reflecting the boats and masts. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural lighting, warm color tones, and the characteristic grain and soft focus of home movie footage from the early 1960s.

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: 123684934

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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: San Diego, 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: Useful 1960s San Diego 8mm material for productions needing domestic pet life and marina cutaways in a home-movie register.
Period detail: The frames show a Siamese cat on a wooden floor and docked small boats with masts, consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, moving from a relaxed household cat to a visitor's view of a quiet marina.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sleeping cat, sunlit floorboards, marina docks, sailboat masts, covered boats, calm water, shoreline brush and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible 8mm grain, slight exposure variation and saturated blue water typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a gentle insert, location transition or memory beat linking private domestic life with coastal leisure.
Historical context: The marina scenes provide a modest visual record of recreational boating in San Diego, without identifying a specific harbor or vessel.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright, location, vessel and private-interior considerations should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Searches may include 1962 San Diego 8mm marina footage, Siamese cat home movie, vintage boats at dock and early 1960s California coastal leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1962 San Diego material, then with home-movie pets, marinas or coastal recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 home-movie frame of a Siamese cat sleeping belly-up in sunlight on an indoor wooden floor. — A Siamese cat rests on its back in a sunlit interior.

San Diego marina view from 1962 showing docked boats, tall masts and still water under a clear sky. — Small boats sit at marina docks with masts reflected in the water.

1962 San Diego marina frame with covered and uncovered boats moored beside docks in soft 8mm color. — Covered boats and masts fill a quiet marina view.

San Diego marina footage from 1962 showing moored small boats, dock posts and reflected masts in blue water. — Moored boats and dock posts frame a calm marina scene.

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