Evanston Illinois-1964: Siamese Cat Watches Black Dog Pick Up Small White Object

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

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Siamese Cat Watches Black Dog Pick Up Small White Object — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a black and tan dachshund exploring a sunlit backyard, sniffing the grass and picking up a small white object. The dog moves across the lawn, its tail raised, as garden hoses lie scattered on the ground. The scene shifts to a Siamese cat with dark points and a light cream body, sitting calmly on the dirt, wearing a chain collar and leash. The footage exhibits natural film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid feel, evoking mid-century American 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: 123992064

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: Useful for 1960s American home-movie requests needing brief domestic animal footage, backyard pet behavior, or a quiet suburban cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, garden hoses, lawn setting, and domestic pets may show mid-1960s backyard life in Evanston, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as a dachshund explores the grass and a leashed Siamese cat sits nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-tan dachshund, a Siamese cat, garden hoses, sunlit grass, dirt ground, a chain leash, and film frame edges.
Film character: Warm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders give the footage a candid 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for domestic pets, suburban yards, or mid-century family-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary private leisure and pet keeping in a residential outdoor setting without visible people, signage, or public landmarks.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright, source permissions, and any private-property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm home movie pets, Evanston Illinois backyard animals, dachshund footage, and Siamese cat on leash.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Evanston material, then broader 1960s home-movie pet or backyard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Evanston 8mm frame of a black-and-tan dachshund on a sunlit lawn with garden hoses crossing the ground. — Dachshund pauses on the lawn near scattered garden hoses.

Black-and-tan dachshund in a 1964 Evanston backyard lowers its head beside pink and green garden hoses. — The dachshund sniffs or mouths something near the hoses.

Close 8mm view of the dachshund moving across the Evanston lawn, with hoses and grass visible around it. — The dog moves close to the camera across the lawn.

Siamese cat with dark points and a chain collar sits calmly on dirt in a 1964 Evanston backyard. — A leashed Siamese cat sits on bare ground at the edge of the lawn.

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