San Francisco California-1963: Siamese Cat Climbing Brick Column at Night

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

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Siamese Cat Climbing Brick Column at Night — Clip Details

A white Siamese cat climbs a red brick column at night in San Francisco, 1963. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the feline's agile movements as it scales the textured wall, its dark points contrasting against the pale fur. The scene is illuminated by a single light source, creating dramatic shadows and highlighting the grainy, nostalgic quality of the vintage home movie. The cat pauses mid-climb, then continues upward, its tail extending for balance. The dark background suggests an urban rooftop or alley setting, with faint lights visible in the distance. This authentic 1960s home movie clip offers a charming glimpse of domestic animal behavior from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123774725

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 San Francisco home-movie requests needing a brief animal behavior cutaway or domestic nighttime insert.
Period detail: The clip shows 8mm-era color home-movie texture, a red brick column, dark night background, and limited lighting consistent with the supplied 1963 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie quality as the cat climbs and balances against the brickwork while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white Siamese-type cat, red brick column, rough mortar, dark background, faint lights, and partial metal or roofline shapes.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, contrasty night exposure, and slight frame instability that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, transition, or atmospheric insert for urban pets, home movies, or 1960s domestic life.
Historical context: The scene offers a small visual record of a household animal in an urban nighttime setting without showing people, street signs, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s 8mm cat climbing brick, San Francisco home movie pet, white Siamese cat at night, or vintage animal footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco material, then broader vintage pet or nighttime home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white Siamese-type cat climbs a red brick column at night in 1963 San Francisco home-movie footage. — The cat grips the brick column while climbing in low nighttime light.

The cat extends upward along the brick column, its pale body and darker tail visible against the night background. — The cat stretches higher on the brickwork, using its paws for grip.

A close 8mm frame shows the climbing cat partly cropped and blurred beside the red brick column at night. — The cat moves past the column edge, partly cropped by the camera framing.

The cat appears near the top of the brick column beneath a dark ledge, with its tail hanging down in nighttime light. — Near the top of the climb, the cat crouches under a ledge above the brickwork.

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