San Francisco California-1963: Two Women In Dresses Playing With A Siamese Cat

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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Two Women In Dresses Playing With A Siamese Cat — Clip Details

Two women in 1960s summer dresses stand on purple steps outside a home in San Francisco, California, in 1963. The blonde woman holds a Siamese cat, cradling it gently before setting it down on the steps. Her companion, in a floral skirt, watches with a smile. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid moment of friendship and domestic life, with vibrant colors and natural film grain. The scene evokes nostalgia for mid-century American home life and pet ownership.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123774445

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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 Francisco, 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 for requests needing 1960s San Francisco home-movie footage of women, summer dress, domestic companionship, and pet interaction for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The dresses, coiffed hairstyles, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie texture support a mid-century 1963 domestic setting, with the purple exterior steps visible in every frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-feeling moment as one woman cradles and lowers a Siamese cat while her companion watches and smiles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, summer dresses, a Siamese cat, purple-painted steps, a stucco exterior wall, a window, shrubs, and strong daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, slight exposure variation, and a steady home-movie viewpoint that adds archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway within sequences about 1960s homes, women’s fashion, pets, or San Francisco family reels.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for casual middle-class domestic life and companion animals in a 1960s American home-movie setting without showing a public event or landmark.
Research note: Faces and likenesses are visible, and the residential exterior may require property-context review; copyright, likeness, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1963 San Francisco home movie women in dresses, 8mm Siamese cat footage, 1960s domestic pet scene, and vintage summer fashion on steps.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco home exteriors, then broader 1960s domestic life, women’s fashion, or pet ownership footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult women in 1960s dresses stand on purple steps outside a San Francisco home, one holding a Siamese cat. — Two women pose on exterior steps as one cradles a Siamese cat.

On purple exterior steps in 1963 San Francisco, a blonde woman holds a Siamese cat as her companion looks down at her hands. — The cat is held at chest height while both women remain on the steps.

The blonde woman bends slightly to lower the Siamese cat on the purple steps as the woman in the floral skirt watches nearby. — The cat is lowered from the woman’s arms toward the steps.

The Siamese cat stands on the lower purple step while one woman bends toward it and her companion in a floral skirt looks down. — The cat stands on the step after being set down.

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