Evanston Illinois-1964: Cat Climbs Roof Near Open Window

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

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Cat Climbs Roof Near Open Window — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a curious cat cautiously walking along the sloped roof of a white-sided house in Evanston, Illinois. The animal approaches an open window, peers inside, and then climbs back down the shingled roof. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly overexposed sky, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from a mid-century American neighborhood.

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: 123992192

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 home-movie requests needing a brief animal cutaway, suburban domestic exterior, or quiet neighborhood insert for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The frames show a white-sided mid-century residential exterior, sloped shingle roof, open window, and 8mm color home-movie framing consistent with the supplied 1964 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a household cat moving cautiously along a roof near an open window, captured from a nearby vantage point without visible direction or performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cat, white house siding, open upstairs window, dark window screens, sloped shingle roof, roof edge trim, blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, deep shadows, and handheld framing that give the short scene its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal insert, domestic transition, suburban memory beat, or visual pause between broader 1960s neighborhood scenes.
Historical context: The footage places a small domestic animal moment against a postwar suburban house exterior, offering everyday residential context without showing people or public events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are visible or noted, but copyright, location context, and any property-release needs should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Evanston Illinois home movie cat on roof, 8mm suburban house exterior, vintage open window animal footage, and 1960s domestic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Evanston or 1964 home-movie exteriors, then broader themes of pets, suburban houses, and everyday domestic life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Evanston home-movie footage, a cat moves along a sloped roof beneath an open upstairs window on a white-sided house. — A cat edges across the roof below an open upstairs window.

The cat pauses near the roof edge beneath an open window in the Evanston residential exterior scene. — The cat stays close to the open window and roofline.

The cat descends near a darker open window area, with siding, roof trim, and shadowed exterior details visible. — The cat moves down beside the open window and roof edge.

The final frame shows the cat lower on the house exterior near an open window, still framed by roof trim and white siding. — The cat continues down the exterior near the open window.

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