Long Island New York-1965: Orange Tabby Cat Playing on Scratching Pole

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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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Orange Tabby Cat Playing on Scratching Pole — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1965 captures an orange tabby cat energetically batting at a scratching pole in a cozy living room. The cat, with its fluffy fur, stands on its hind legs, swatting at the pole with playful intensity. The scene is set against a backdrop of a patterned ottoman, sheer curtains, and a carpeted floor, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American home. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a slightly dim, warm lighting typical of indoor home movies from the era. This charming archival clip offers a candid glimpse into domestic life and pet behavior in the 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 124981666

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s domestic-life edits needing a brief 8mm insert of a house cat playing indoors in a Long Island home setting.
Period detail: The patterned ottoman, sheer curtains, carpet, and cat scratching post may show mid-1960s American living-room furnishings and pet accessories.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment of a cat batting at a toy on a scratching pole while the camera stays close to the living-room floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange tabby cat, a scratching pole with hanging toy, red base, patterned ottoman, sheer curtains, carpet, and lamp base.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft indoor exposure, saturated color, dark frame edges, and slight handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic cutaway, pet-behavior insert, transition beat, or quiet memory detail within a 1960s home-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for private household interiors and companion-animal life in a mid-century suburban American home, based on supplied metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the private interior and pet footage may still require property and copyright review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 Long Island 8mm cat footage, 1960s home movie pet playing indoors, orange tabby scratching post, and vintage living-room cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel domestic footage, then Long Island or 1965 home interiors, then broader 1960s pets, cats, and family living-room scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange tabby cat in a 1965 Long Island home movie bats at a toy on a scratching pole beside an ottoman and curtains. — Cat reaches up toward a hanging toy on the scratching pole in the living room.

Orange tabby cat stands on its hind legs by a scratching pole in a 1965 Long Island living-room interior. — Cat stands upright beside the pole while facing the hanging toy.

The tabby cat moves partly behind the scratching pole in the living room, with ottoman, curtains, and carpet visible. — Cat shifts position behind the pole as the home-movie camera stays low.

Orange tabby cat stretches up at the scratching pole and toy in a 1965 Long Island living-room home movie frame. — Cat stretches tall against the pole near the end of the short clip.

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