Evanston Illinois-1964: Siamese Cat Sitting Curled Up On A Red Vinyl Chair

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationEvanston, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Evanston Illinois

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Siamese Cat Sitting Curled Up On A Red Vinyl Chair — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Evanston, Illinois, 1964, showing a Siamese cat curled up on a red vinyl chair. The cat, with its distinctive dark points and blue eyes, rests comfortably on the seat, its body relaxed and partially obscured by the frame. The footage captures the soft, grainy texture of 8mm film, with warm, slightly faded colors typical of mid-century home recordings. The setting appears to be a cozy indoor space, possibly a kitchen or living room, with a metal chair leg visible in the foreground. This nostalgic clip offers a quiet, intimate moment of domestic life from the 1960s.

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: 123991918

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Evanston, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s domestic animal cutaway for projects needing quiet home-movie footage of a cat resting indoors in Evanston, Illinois.
Period detail: The red vinyl chair, metal chair leg, warm color cast, and 8mm texture may show a mid-century household interior.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers close to a curled Siamese cat in an informal, unstaged household moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Siamese cat, red vinyl chair seat, metal chair leg, dark interior background, soft focus, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, animal cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1960s family setting.
Historical context: The footage offers a small view of household pet life and casual interior filming in a 1964 Evanston home-movie context.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property-related permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Siamese cat home movie, 8mm pet on red chair, Evanston Illinois domestic interior, or vintage cat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel domestic scenes, then other 1964 Evanston interiors, then broader 1960s pet and household footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Evanston 8mm frame showing a Siamese cat resting on a red vinyl chair, with a metal chair leg in the foreground. — A Siamese cat rests on a red vinyl chair in a softly focused home-movie frame.

1964 Evanston home-movie frame of a curled Siamese cat on a red vinyl chair, partially obscured by soft focus and framing. — The cat remains curled on the red chair as the 8mm frame drifts softly out of focus.

1964 Evanston frame showing the Siamese cat close to the camera on a red vinyl chair, with grain and warm faded color. — A closer, softly blurred view keeps the resting cat and red vinyl seat in frame.

1964 Evanston 8mm frame with a Siamese cat curled on a red chair, dark furniture at right, and visible home-movie grain. — The final sampled frame shows the cat still curled on the chair beside darker interior furnishings.

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