Long Island New York-1965: Cat Standing On The Grass Looking Out In The Distance

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Long Island New York

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Cat Standing On The Grass Looking Out In The Distance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures a black and white cat standing alert in a sun-dappled backyard. The cat, with distinct white markings on its chest and paws, faces left, its head turned as if observing something in the distance. Lush green grass and leafy shrubs form the background, with dappled sunlight creating bright highlights and deep shadows. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, domestic moment from Long Island, New York.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124938878

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1965 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: Long Island, New York, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s domestic home-movie requests needing a quiet animal cutaway, backyard memory beat, or period pet footage from Long Island, New York.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1960s suburban yard setting, with grass, planted shrubs, soft color, and 8mm exposure typical of casual home filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a household pet being observed in a backyard, with the camera holding on the cat rather than directing action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black cat with white markings, green grass, leafy shrubs, dappled sunlight, dark tree-shadow areas, and soft garden color.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, soft focus, high-contrast sunlight, slight color shift, and a handheld home-movie feel that adds archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, domestic transition, animal insert, or reflective memory beat within a 1960s home-life sequence.
Historical context: As a brief pet portrait in a yard, the footage supports everyday suburban domestic context without making broader claims beyond the supplied date and location.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any location or property concerns should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1965 Long Island 8mm cat footage, 1960s backyard pet home movie, black and white cat in grass, and vintage animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1965 Long Island home movies, then broader 1960s pets, yards, and domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Long Island 8mm frame of a black cat with white chest and paws standing alert in a sun-dappled backyard. — A black cat stands on grass near shrubs in a backyard garden.

1965 Long Island home-movie frame showing a black-and-white cat standing side-on in grass with bright garden foliage behind. — The cat holds a side-on pose in the grass, framed by bright shrubs and shadow.

1965 Long Island 8mm frame of a black cat with white markings standing still in a backyard garden under uneven sunlight. — A backyard cat stands alert against grass and leafy plantings.

1965 Long Island home-movie frame with a black-and-white cat standing in grass near bright garden foliage and deep shadow. — The cat remains in the yard, partly silhouetted against sunlit plants.

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