San Francisco California-1963: Siamese Cat Sitting Near Cement Wall Among Plants

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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 Sitting Near Cement Wall Among Plants — Clip Details

A Siamese cat with a cream-colored body and dark brown face, ears, and paws sits near a concrete block wall in a garden bed. The cat is surrounded by green leafy plants and dirt, occasionally sniffing the foliage. Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a quiet, candid moment of the cat exploring its outdoor environment. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century domestic life.

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: 123774864

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 1960s San Francisco home-movie animal footage for domestic-life cutaways, pet inserts, or quiet neighborhood garden moments.
Period detail: The cement block wall, small garden bed, and soft 8mm color may show an ordinary mid-century residential outdoor setting rather than a public landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The cat appears filmed casually as it sits among plants and turns its head, giving the clip an unstaged home-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, leafy plants, exposed dirt, a cement block wall, dark film-frame borders, and soft outdoor light.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture with visible grain, slight color fading, soft focus shifts, and contact-print framing that support its home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief pet cutaway, domestic memory beat, garden insert, or gentle transition in a 1960s home-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers small-scale visual context for pet keeping and residential garden space in archival San Francisco home-movie footage.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-context questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm Siamese cat footage, San Francisco home movie pet scene, vintage garden cat cutaway, and 1960s domestic animal film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco home-movie material, then vintage pet or backyard garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1963 San Francisco 8mm frame of a Siamese cat partly blurred while sitting in garden plants near a cement block wall. — A Siamese cat sits low among greenery beside a cement wall, with motion blur and film-frame borders visible.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a Siamese cat seated in a small garden bed beside a cement block wall. — The cat sits upright near leafy plants, facing toward the right side of the frame.

The cat turns its head sideways while sitting partly hidden by garden leaves.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame of a Siamese cat facing the camera from behind garden plants beside a cement wall. — The cat faces forward from the garden bed, framed by leaves and the cement block wall behind it.

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