San Francisco California-1963: Siamese Cat in Garden Bed

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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 in Garden Bed — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a Siamese cat with classic seal-point markings sitting in a garden bed against a concrete block wall. The cat is surrounded by green leafy plants and dark soil, with long green leaves visible in the foreground. The footage shows the cat shifting its gaze and posture slightly, offering a candid glimpse of domestic life. The image has the characteristic grain, color saturation, and soft focus of Super 8 home movie footage from the early 1960s, with visible film borders framing the scene. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and everyday Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123774843

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 footage of a domestic cat or quiet backyard garden detail for documentary, education, or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm format, soft color, visible frame edges, and simple garden setting support the supplied 1963 home-movie context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The cat sits calmly in a garden bed and shifts its gaze slightly, giving the clip an unstaged domestic observation rather than a posed pet portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seal-point Siamese cat, dark soil, leafy garden plants, long upright leaves, a concrete block wall, and black film borders.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with grain, mild softness, saturated color, uneven exposure, and visible film-frame boundaries.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, domestic-life insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1960s family or urban home sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of pet keeping and garden space in a home-movie record, with no visible public event or landmark context.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related use should still be checked before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1963 8mm Siamese cat, San Francisco home movie garden, vintage pet footage, and 1960s backyard domestic scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco home-movie clips, then related vintage pet or garden cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a seal-point Siamese cat seated among garden plants near a concrete block wall. — A Siamese cat sits partly behind leafy plants in a small garden bed.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame with a Siamese cat looking to the side beside green plants and a concrete wall. — The cat turns its head while seated among low garden plants.

1963 San Francisco 8mm still of a Siamese cat beside foreground leaves, low garden growth, and a concrete block wall. — The cat remains seated as foreground leaves frame the garden bed.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a Siamese cat facing right in a small planted bed against a concrete wall. — The cat faces right at the end of the short garden shot.

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