San Francisco California-1963: The Cat Is Playing In The Garden It Is One Of The

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

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The Cat Is Playing In The Garden It Is One Of The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a white cat exploring a sun-drenched backyard garden in San Francisco. The cat walks across the grass, investigates plants near a pink stucco wall, and interacts with a tabby cat resting in the shade. The footage, framed by a window or doorway, shows natural movement and the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film from the era. This nostalgic clip offers authentic 1960s domestic life footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123774669

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 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 1960s domestic-life requests needing brief animal behavior, backyard garden atmosphere, or quiet home-movie cutaways from San Francisco.
Period detail: The frames show a modest lawn, planting beds, masonry garden wall, and soft color typical of amateur 8mm filming in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment, watching a white cat roam and investigate a shaded garden area while another cat rests nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cat, a tabby cat, grass lawn, garden shrubs, leafy trees, a masonry wall, window or doorway framing, and exposed 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges that support its original 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a memory beat, domestic insert, pet cutaway, or quiet transition within sequences about home life, gardens, or everyday 1960s footage.
Historical context: The scene offers small-scale social context for midcentury household leisure, showing pets and backyard planting rather than public landmarks or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or logos are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1963 San Francisco home movie, 8mm white cat in garden, vintage backyard pet footage, and 1960s domestic animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1963 San Francisco home movies, and finally with broader vintage pet or backyard garden material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white cat stands in a San Francisco backyard garden, with grass, shrubs, trees, and an 8mm frame edge visible. — White cat pauses on the lawn near shaded garden planting.

A white cat moves along the edge of a backyard garden bed, with a masonry wall and leafy plantings behind it. — White cat investigates the garden bed along the wall.

The white cat crosses a backyard lawn in 1963 home-movie footage, framed by trees, shrubs, and 8mm contact-sheet borders. — White cat walks across the lawn in the garden.

A white cat approaches or passes near a tabby cat resting in the shaded backyard garden, with shrubs and lawn visible. — White cat nears a tabby cat resting beside the tree.

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