Minnesota USA-1964: Cat Lying On Grass

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cat Lying On Grass — Clip Details

A black and white cat with a distinctive facial pattern lies calmly in sun-drenched grass, its eyes half-closed in contentment. Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the peaceful moment with authentic film grain and warm, slightly faded colors. The cat’s whiskers and soft fur are clearly visible as it rests in a quiet outdoor setting, evoking a sense of nostalgia and simple domestic life. The footage, likely from a family archive, offers a charming glimpse into mid-century Americana.

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: 125307991

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 Minnesota home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic animal insert or rural roadside cutaway for documentary, education, or memory-sequence editing.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1960s home-movie color, with a black-and-white cat in grass and brief roadside views with utility poles, open land, and a passing car.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ordinary surroundings without staging, holding on a resting household cat and then drifting to a roadside view from a family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white cat, sunlit grass, soft-focus fur and whiskers, open sky, a road, utility poles, distant fields, and a small passing car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, slight fading, soft focus, gate edges, and exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic calm insert, animal cutaway, rural transition, or brief memory beat between broader 1960s family or Minnesota material.
Historical context: The clip reflects everyday home-movie attention to pets and nearby outdoor surroundings, without enough visible detail to identify a specific town, property, or event.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or clear private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright, location, and property-context issues before publication.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s 8mm cat in grass, Minnesota home movie pet, vintage domestic animal footage, and rural roadside home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 Minnesota footage, then related home-movie themes such as pets, lawns, rural roads, and domestic outdoor life.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white cat rests in sunlit grass in 1964 Minnesota home-movie footage, with soft focus and visible film edges. — A black-and-white cat lies calmly in grass, seen close up within the 8mm frame.

A black-and-white cat with a white muzzle lies in grass, captured in soft 1964 8mm home-movie color. — The cat remains still in the grass, facing slightly toward the camera.

A Minnesota roadside view shows a utility pole, open fields, blue sky, and a small car passing in 1964 home-movie footage. — The view shifts to a rural roadside with a utility pole and distant open land.

A rural Minnesota road scene includes a utility pole, overhead wires, open fields, and roadside signs in faded 8mm color. — A second roadside frame holds on the pole, road, distant fields, and pale sky.

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