San Diego California-1962: Kitten Playing In The Dirt

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Kitten Playing In The Dirt — Clip Details

A young tabby kitten explores a sun-drenched outdoor area in this 8mm home movie from 1962. The footage captures the kitten walking across a light-colored surface, then tumbling and playing on dry, dusty ground near a blue hose and scattered debris. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip features natural sunlight, deep shadows, and the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies. The playful, unscripted moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in San Diego.

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: 123807720

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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 Diego, 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 Diego home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic animal cutaway or everyday-life insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, hard sunlight, and casual backyard ground may show a mid-century home setting rather than a documented public location.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the unstaged observation of a kitten exploring and rolling in dirt from a close, handheld family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tabby kitten, dry soil, a light pavement surface, a blue hose, sticks, debris, deep shadows, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated color, uneven exposure, strong contrast, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, animal-life cutaway, or transition into a domestic outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives a small-scale view of casual pet life in Southern California without showing people, signage, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property context should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm kitten footage, San Diego home movie cat, vintage tabby playing outdoors, and 1960s pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 San Diego home movies, then with vintage pet or backyard-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A young tabby kitten appears at the edge of a pale outdoor surface in 1962 San Diego home-movie footage, with hard sunlight and shadow. — Kitten moving across a light outdoor surface in strong sun.

The kitten rolls on dry ground near a blue hose, sticks, and debris in a sunlit 1962 San Diego 8mm home-movie frame. — Kitten playing on dusty ground near a blue hose.

A tabby kitten tumbles on dry soil while a blue hose cuts across the foreground in this handheld 8mm home-movie frame. — Kitten tumbling in the dirt with hose and shadows across the frame.

The kitten remains on dusty ground near the blue hose and angular shadows, framed by the dark edges of the 8mm scan. — Kitten on sunlit dirt near hose and scattered yard debris.

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