Lake Geneva Wisconsin USA-1972: Orange Cat Sits In Green Grass On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationLake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Orange Cat Sits In Green Grass On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A ginger tabby cat rests in a sun-dappled garden, its orange fur glowing against the lush green grass and leafy foliage. Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures the cat sitting alertly, then grooming itself with a slow blink, its white-tipped paws and striped tail visible. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic tone typical of classic Super 8 home recordings. The setting appears to be a quiet backyard or garden near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with broad-leafed plants and dappled sunlight creating a peaceful, domestic scene.

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: 124349273

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: 1972 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: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 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 1970s American home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic animal cutaway or backyard nature insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color film look, faded palette, and simple garden setting support the 1972 home-movie context supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged pet moment as the cat rests in grass and appears to groom while the camera observes from a nearby garden position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange tabby cat, green grass, broad leaves, garden plants, dappled sunlight, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and contact-print framing consistent with scanned small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm cutaway, domestic memory beat, animal insert, or gentle transition within a 1970s family-film sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary home-movie attention to pets and garden life rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm orange tabby cat, Lake Geneva Wisconsin home movie, vintage backyard pet footage, and 1970s garden animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel domestic scenes, then other Lake Geneva 1972 footage, then broader 1970s home-movie pet or garden material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange tabby cat rests in grass in a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin garden scene from 1972 8mm home-movie footage. — An orange tabby rests low in the grass beside leafy garden growth.

Orange tabby cat sits alert in sunlit grass with broad garden leaves behind it in 1972 Lake Geneva footage. — The cat faces the camera from a patch of grass and garden foliage.

Orange tabby cat appears to groom in a grassy garden, with broad leaves visible in the 1972 Lake Geneva home movie frame. — The tabby pauses in the grass with one leg raised during grooming.

Orange tabby cat continues grooming in a sun-dappled Lake Geneva garden frame from 1972 8mm footage. — The cat remains in the garden grass, grooming beneath large leaves.

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