San Francisco California-1963: Cat Grooming Itself Outside

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

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Cat Grooming Itself Outside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a tabby cat grooming itself on a wooden ledge surrounded by lush green foliage. The cat, with its striped fur, is seen licking its paw and cleaning its face in a natural, sun-dappled garden setting. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film. The final frame shifts to a woman in a white blouse walking outdoors, holding flowers, adding a personal, nostalgic touch to this archival home movie from San Francisco.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123774763

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: 1960s San Francisco home-movie footage useful for editorial requests needing domestic garden life, pets, and a brief personal outdoor moment.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s clothing and home garden surroundings, with a white blouse, wooden ledge, potted plant, and dense foliage visible.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a cat grooming through a window before briefly catching a woman walking with flowers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tabby cat, wooden exterior ledge, window-frame borders, leafy garden plants, a hanging pot, a woman in a white blouse, and flowers.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, saturated greens, slight handheld movement, exposure variation, and frame-edge darkness typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a pet cutaway, domestic memory beat, garden transition, or quiet insert within a 1960s personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers modest visual context for private outdoor life in San Francisco in 1963, centered on a household pet and garden setting.
Research note: A woman’s face is visible in the final frame, so likeness review may be needed alongside separate copyright and any property-context considerations.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1963 8mm San Francisco cat grooming, vintage home movie garden pet, tabby cat on ledge, and woman holding flowers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1963 home movies, then 1960s garden, pet, and family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a tabby cat grooming on a wooden ledge near dense green foliage. — A tabby cat bends to groom itself on an outdoor wooden ledge framed by garden leaves.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame with a tabby cat licking its paw on a wooden ledge among garden plants. — The cat raises a paw while grooming on the ledge, surrounded by dense greenery.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing the tabby cat leaning over the ledge with leafy plants behind it. — The cat pauses near the edge of the wooden ledge as garden foliage fills the background.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a woman outdoors in a white blouse holding flowers near garden foliage. — A woman walks through the garden area holding flowers, with trees and a hanging pot behind her.

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