Minnesota USA-1964: Black And White Cat Sitting On Ground On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Black And White Cat Sitting On Ground On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A black and white cat sits on a sunlit dirt path in this vintage 8mm home movie from Minnesota, 1964. The cat, with distinct markings and a calm demeanor, looks around its surroundings before settling into a relaxed pose. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic quality typical of mid-century home recordings. The outdoor setting features dry earth and scattered shadows, capturing a quiet moment of everyday life.

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: 125307963

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: 1964 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: Minnesota, 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 1960s home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic animal cutaway from Minnesota or Midwestern outdoor family-life material.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century home-movie practice through its handheld framing, contact-print edges, and simple outdoor subject matter.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged observation of a black and white cat sitting calmly and shifting attention on a sunlit dirt surface.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black and white cat, dry dirt ground, sparse grass, bright sunlight, hard shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight gate-edge darkness that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, pause, transition, or memory beat within domestic, rural, pet, or everyday-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene gives a small-scale view of outdoor domestic life rather than documenting a public event, landmark, or identifiable institution.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Minnesota 8mm cat footage, vintage home movie pet cutaway, black and white cat outdoors, and 1960s domestic animal film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1964 home movies, then broader 1960s pets or quiet outdoor domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black and white cat sits on a bright dirt path in Minnesota 1964 home-movie footage, framed with dark 8mm edges. — A black and white cat sits still on sunlit dirt.

The cat turns slightly while remaining seated on the dirt path.

A closer 8mm frame shows the black and white cat seated on sunlit dirt, partly cropped by the left edge of the film image. — A closer view catches the cat seated near the edge of the frame.

Close 1964 Minnesota home-movie frame of the seated cat on dry ground, with the head partly cropped and soft 8mm texture visible. — The final frame moves closer to the seated cat on the sunlit ground.

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