Cottonwood Arizona-1968: Man Attempting To Get A Teal Bath Towel Back From A Dog

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationCottonwood, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Cottonwood Arizona

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Man Attempting To Get A Teal Bath Towel Back From A Dog — Clip Details

A man in a white jumpsuit attempts to retrieve a teal bath towel from a black and tan dog in a dusty backyard in Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures the playful struggle as the dog runs off with the towel, leaving the man chasing after it. The scene unfolds under bright sunlight with dry grass, a small evergreen tree, and distant houses visible in the background. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality typical of vintage home movies from the late 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: 124629451

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: Yes
Minors 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 1040 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: scottsdale
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: scottsdale arizona
Date: 1968 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: Cottonwood, Arizona, 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: Useful for requests needing late-1960s Arizona home-movie footage of informal backyard pet play for documentary, museum, education or commercial editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm frame may show late-1960s casual outdoor dress, dry suburban yard conditions, distant low houses and a small evergreen in bright Cottonwood, Arizona sunlight.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged domestic moment as a man tries to recover a teal towel from a playful dog running across a dusty yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white jumpsuit, a black and tan dog, a teal bath towel, dry grass, bare shrubs, a small evergreen, distant houses and strong midday shadows.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, slight blur, faded color, gate edges and handheld framing that support its archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief comic insert, pet-life cutaway, family-memory beat or transition within a sequence about home movies, Arizona yards or everyday 1960s leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual backyard interaction rather than a public event, offering social context around pets, household textiles and informal outdoor family filming.
Research note: A visible adult face and possible residential surroundings may require likeness and property review separate from copyright or footage licensing considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Cottonwood Arizona home movie dog steals towel, vintage 8mm backyard pet play, man chasing dog with bath towel and 1960s funny dog footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then with Cottonwood or Arizona material from 1968, then with broader vintage pet, backyard and humorous home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cottonwood, Arizona home-movie footage from 1968, a man in white bends toward a dog near dry grass and distant houses. — The man reaches down as the dog stays low in the dusty backyard.

The dog appears to grip or pull a teal towel as the man in white watches in a sunlit Arizona yard. — The dog keeps the teal towel as the man stands just beyond it.

The dog runs across the dusty Cottonwood yard with the teal towel trailing beside it in grainy 8mm footage. — The dog pulls the towel across the yard, away from the man.

A man in white holds the teal towel beside the dog in the dry Cottonwood, Arizona backyard. — The man has the teal towel in hand as the dog remains close by.

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