Long Island New York-1965: Cat Relaxing Freely on Backyard Lawn

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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 Relaxing Freely on Backyard Lawn — Clip Details

A black and white tuxedo cat sits calmly on a sun-drenched lawn in a quiet backyard, its white chest and paws contrasting with the dark fur. The cat turns its head, observing its surroundings with a relaxed, alert posture. Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures the peaceful ambiance of a suburban spring day in Long Island, New York, with lush green grass and leafy shrubs in the background. The footage features natural film grain and warm color tones typical of Super 8 home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124938886

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: 1960s Long Island home-movie footage suited to documentary or editorial requests for a quiet domestic animal cutaway in a suburban backyard setting.
Period detail: The lawn, planting beds, soft color, and 8mm home-movie texture may show a mid-1960s suburban backyard environment without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as a tuxedo cat sits, looks around, and remains at ease on the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white cat, green lawn, dappled sunlight, shrubs, a planting border, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, warm color shifts, and uneven exposure that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm animal insert, backyard cutaway, domestic transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday suburban home-movie attention to pets and yards, with no people, signage, or public event visible in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property-context concerns before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1965 Long Island 8mm cat footage, suburban backyard pet home movie, or vintage tuxedo cat on lawn.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Long Island 1965 home movies, then broader 1960s suburban pet or backyard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tuxedo cat sits on a Long Island backyard lawn in 1965 home-movie footage, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — Tuxedo cat seated calmly on a sunlit backyard lawn.

The cat rests farther back on the lawn, with shrubs and a planting border visible in the 1965 Long Island backyard scene. — Cat resting on grass near a backyard planting border.

Cat turned to the side on a quiet backyard lawn.

The tuxedo cat remains seated on the Long Island lawn, looking sideways as sunlight falls across the backyard grass. — Tuxedo cat looking aside while seated in the yard.

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