Minnesota USA-1965: A Cat Sitting In Snow Near Tree As Person Shovels Yard

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Minnesota

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A Cat Sitting In Snow Near Tree As Person Shovels Yard — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1965: A black and white cat sits alertly in the snow near a tree, its gaze fixed on something off-camera. The vintage 8mm film captures the quiet winter scene with soft, faded colors and natural grain, evoking a sense of nostalgia. The clip transitions to a wider view of a snow-covered yard, where a person in a dark coat and hat shovels snow near a house. The footage, shot on 8mm film, offers authentic archival quality, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125312039

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1030 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,winter carnival,water tower bicycles
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,minnesota
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: Minnesota, 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: Useful for 1960s Minnesota winter home-movie requests needing domestic yard life, snowfall atmosphere, a pet cutaway, or a brief snow-shoveling insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, heavy winter clothing, simple yard setting, and metadata-supported 1965 date place the scene in a mid-1960s Upper Midwest home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an alert house cat in snow and then shifts to a person shoveling, preserving a quiet unstaged winter household moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white cat, deep snow, tree trunks, window or doorway framing, a house wall, bare winter branches, and a person shoveling.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate shadows, and handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter cutaway, domestic memory beat, seasonal transition, or brief insert between broader 1960s family-life scenes.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary winter upkeep and pet behavior around a Minnesota home, without visible public events or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness and location/property context may need review even though no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 Minnesota 8mm winter home movie, cat in snow, snow shoveling yard, domestic winter footage, and vintage pet cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1965 Minnesota winter scenes, then broader home-movie material of pets, snow, and yard work.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1965 Minnesota footage, a black-and-white cat sits alertly in snow near a dark tree trunk. — A black-and-white cat sits in deep snow near a tree.

The cat faces the camera from a snowy yard, framed by dark tree or doorway edges in 1965 Minnesota home-movie footage. — The cat turns toward the camera from the snow.

A snow-covered Minnesota yard appears through dark foreground framing, with bare trees and deep snow visible in the distance. — A wide view shows deep snow across the yard.

A distant person in a dark coat and hat shovels snow beside a house in metadata-supported 1965 Minnesota winter footage. — A bundled person shovels snow beside the house.

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