Minnesota USA-1964: Cat Climbing Among Tree Branches

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cat Climbing Among Tree Branches — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1964 captures a cat exploring the branches of a large tree in Minnesota. The footage shows the feline perched high among the leaves, its silhouette visible against a bright blue sky. The cat moves cautiously along a thick limb, its dark fur contrasting with the golden-brown bark and dappled sunlight filtering through the foliage. The grainy texture and warm color palette of the Super 8 film add to the nostalgic, archival quality of this charming wildlife moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125309480

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 brief animal-in-tree cutaway from Minnesota for documentary, education, or memory-sequence editing.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm footage with warm mid-century home-movie rendering, though the visible tree and cat provide few era-specific clues beyond the supplied 1964 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches an ordinary outdoor moment as a dark cat pauses and moves among tree branches, preserving an unstaged household or neighborhood observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark cat, thick tree limbs, textured bark, leafy branches, blue sky patches, dappled sunlight, and soft film-edge shadowing.
Film character: The clip has dense grain, saturated blue sky, warm bark tones, soft focus, and handheld framing that give the scanned 8mm material a clear archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, nature cutaway, quiet transition, or domestic memory beat within a family, animal, or regional archive sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a small everyday outdoor scene rather than a public event, showing a pet or neighborhood cat navigating a mature tree canopy.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any property or animal-owner context should still be checked by the licensing user.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Minnesota 8mm cat in tree, vintage home movie animal cutaway, 1960s pet footage, and archival tree-climbing cat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Minnesota home movies, then related 1960s outdoor animal or backyard nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a dark cat crouched among thick tree branches with leaves, bark, and blue sky visible. — A dark cat is partly obscured while perched in the branches of a large tree.

1964 Minnesota home-movie frame with a dark cat silhouetted near a large tree limb under leafy canopy and blue sky. — The cat appears as a dark shape beside a heavy branch in the tree canopy.

1964 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a dark cat climbing or edging along a thick tree trunk beneath leafy branches. — The cat moves cautiously along a thick trunk, framed by leaves and bright sky.

1964 Minnesota home-movie frame with a dark cat near a branch, surrounded by bark, leaves, and warm 8mm color shifts. — The cat is seen close to the branch as the camera holds on the shaded tree canopy.

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