San Francisco California-1963: Cats Sitting On A Wall In Garden

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

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Cats Sitting On A Wall In Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures two cats in a sun-drenched backyard. A tabby cat sits alertly on a low concrete wall beside a blooming pink rose, while a white cat with dark points explores the grassy lawn. The footage shows natural movement through green foliage, with a soft, nostalgic color palette and authentic film grain. This authentic slice of mid-century domestic life offers a quiet, observational moment of pets in a suburban garden.

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: 123774823

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 requests needing 1960s San Francisco home-movie pet footage, especially quiet domestic garden cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The low concrete wall, rose planting, lawn, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-century residential backyard setting without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, watching household cats move naturally through a garden from a nearby window or shaded vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tabby cat, a white point-colored cat, a pink rose, concrete garden wall, lawn, leafy plants, and dark window-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows gentle grain, slightly soft focus, warm daylight exposure, and minor gate or frame-edge darkness that adds physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief pet cutaway, domestic memory beat, or calm transition between broader 1960s family or neighborhood scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary private leisure and pet keeping in a residential garden rather than a public event or landmark scene.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but users should confirm copyright status and consider any property-context concerns separately from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Searches such as 1963 8mm cats in garden, San Francisco home movie pets, tabby on wall, or white cat on lawn are natural matches.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco home movies, then broader 1960s pets, gardens, and domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame of a tabby cat sitting on a concrete garden wall beside a pink rose and leafy backyard plants. — A tabby cat sits alertly on a low wall beside a blooming rose in the backyard garden.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a white point-colored cat exploring a sunlit lawn among backyard foliage. — The white cat moves across the lawn, partially screened by garden plants and the dark frame edge.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame of a white cat near a concrete garden border, partly obscured by foreground foliage. — The white cat pauses near the wall as foreground plants partly cover its body.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame with a white cat low in the grass, partly concealed by garden foliage near a concrete wall. — The white cat settles low in the grass behind tall garden stems at the edge of the wall.

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