Barstow California USA-1966: Siamese Cat Sitting On Bed In Sunlight

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationBarstow, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Barstow California

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Siamese Cat Sitting On Bed In Sunlight — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a Siamese cat and a black cat resting on a bed in a sunlit room. The Siamese cat sits alertly in a patch of sunlight, its dark points and white fur clearly visible, while the black cat lies beside it. The warm, grainy footage shows a domestic scene with a white appliance and a draped fabric in the background, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American home. The cats remain mostly still, creating a quiet, intimate moment of pet life from the 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124037329

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Barstow, 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 8mm domestic pet footage suited for documentary inserts about home life, companion animals, or quiet mid-century household moments.
Period detail: The visible room decor, bed covering, draped fabric, and warm 8mm color may show a mid-1960s American home interior, supported by the 1966 Barstow metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The cats remain mostly still in a casual household setting, giving the clip the unstaged feel of a family member filming pets at home.
What appears in frame: A Siamese cat sits on a bed beside a reclining black cat, with sunlight, a white appliance or headboard, draped fabric, wall texture, bedding, and film-edge darkness visible.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and contact-print framing that contribute useful home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, domestic insert, memory beat, or transition within sequences about pets, households, or everyday 1960s life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary pet keeping inside a private California home, with no people visible and no identifiable public event shown.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the private interior and domestic property context may still require clearance review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1966 8mm Siamese cat on bed, Barstow California home movie pets, 1960s domestic cat footage, and vintage home interior animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Barstow or 1966 California home-movie interiors, then broader 1960s pet and household-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Barstow home-movie frame showing a Siamese cat seated on a bed near a black cat in a sunlit private room. — A Siamese cat sits alertly on a bed while a black cat rests beside it in a bright patch of sunlight.

1966 Barstow 8mm frame of a Siamese cat sitting near a reclining black cat on bedding inside a sunlit room. — The Siamese cat remains seated near the black cat, with strong light falling across the bed and background surface.

1966 Barstow domestic 8mm frame showing a Siamese cat facing camera beside a black cat on a sunlit bed. — The Siamese cat faces the camera while the black cat lies in shadow beside it on the bed.

1966 Barstow home-movie still of a Siamese cat upright on a bed, with a black cat partly visible in shadow nearby. — The Siamese cat sits upright at the edge of the sunlit area as the black cat remains low on the bedding.

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