Wisconsin-1969: A Black and White Cat Relaxing in a Grassy Yard with Autumn Leaves

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Wisconsin

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A Black and White Cat Relaxing in a Grassy Yard with... — Clip Details

A black and white cat lounges on sun-dappled grass scattered with fallen autumn leaves in a quiet backyard. The cat stretches, rolls onto its back, and then rises to walk slowly across the lawn. A human hand reaches down to gently pet the cat as it moves. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this home movie captures a peaceful moment of domestic life with warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain. The scene evokes nostalgia and quiet companionship.

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: 125630498

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 1021 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: minnesota,wisconsin
Date: 1969 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: Wisconsin, 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: 1960s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet domestic animal cutaway or everyday backyard memory beat.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1960s home yard, with autumn leaves, soft outdoor light, and informal handheld 8mm framing as the main era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a household cat relaxing, stretching, and accepting a gentle pet from a partially visible person in a casual family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black and white cat, sunlit grass, fallen leaves, a human hand and forearm, deep shadows, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or reflective cutaway for domestic life, autumn, pets, memory, or quiet companionship.
Historical context: The scene offers modest visual context for everyday Midwestern home life through a pet in a grassy yard rather than a documented public event.
Research note: A person is partially visible by hand and forearm, so likeness review may be relevant even though no faces, brands, music, or interiors are visible.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Wisconsin 8mm cat home movie, vintage backyard pet footage, black and white cat on lawn, and autumn home movie cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family footage, then other Wisconsin 1969 exteriors, then broader vintage pet, backyard, and autumn domestic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black and white cat rests on a grassy Wisconsin yard in 1969 home-movie footage, surrounded by autumn leaves and deep shadows. — A black and white cat lies in sun-dappled grass scattered with fallen autumn leaves.

The cat stretches across the lawn in this 1969 Wisconsin 8mm frame, with autumn leaves and soft, faded color visible. — The cat stretches out across the grass as leaves surround the lawn area.

A black and white cat moves through a grassy yard while a partially visible hand reaches down in this 1969 Wisconsin home movie. — A hand reaches toward the cat as it begins to walk across the lawn.

A partially visible person reaches down toward the cat on a leaf-strewn Wisconsin lawn in this 1969 8mm home-movie frame. — A forearm enters the frame to pet the cat as it stands on the grass.

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