Chicago Illinois-1972: Man Walks Towards Camera Holding Cat With Two Women

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Chicago Illinois

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Man Walks Towards Camera Holding Cat With Two Women — Clip Details

A man in a brown sweater and glasses walks toward the camera while holding an orange tabby cat, accompanied by two women in a suburban yard. One woman wears a purple cardigan over a pink blouse and patterned pants, while the other wears a blue dress. They walk along a stone path in front of a dark blue house with white trim. Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of domestic life with natural lighting and authentic film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125873710

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1405 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: planes,lake geneva,colby,brookfield zoo,shrman,lincoln park
Reel-level year note: 1972
Reel-level location note: illinois
Date: 1972 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: Chicago, Illinois, 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: Useful for 1970s Midwest home-movie requests needing a brief domestic yard scene with adults, a pet cat, and candid family interaction.
Period detail: Clothing, eyeglasses, 8mm color handling, and the house exterior support an early 1970s suburban domestic setting consistent with the supplied 1972 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The subjects walk toward the camera in an informal posed-yet-candid home-movie moment, with the man carrying the cat close to the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, an orange tabby cat, a dark blue house with white trim, a front door, window curtains, a stone path, lawn, and garden flowers.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as original physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, family-life insert, pet cutaway, or transition into a 1970s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday adult family or neighborhood life in a residential Chicago-area setting without indicating a public event or named landmark.
Research note: Recognizable adult faces and a house exterior require likeness and possible property review separate from any copyright status of the film scan.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm Chicago home movie, 1970s family with cat, adults walking in suburban yard, and vintage domestic pet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chicago 1972 home movies, then broader 1970s family, pets, and residential yard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1972 Chicago home-movie frame, two women and a man holding an orange tabby walk toward the camera outside a dark blue house. — Three adults approach the camera on a front path as the man carries a cat.

The group nears the camera in the Chicago yard, with the man partly cropped at right while holding the orange tabby cat. — The man with the cat moves into the foreground as two women remain near the path.

A woman in a purple cardigan and patterned pants walks forward while the man and orange cat fill the right side of the 1972 home-movie frame. — The cat and man occupy the foreground while a woman continues toward the camera.

The orange tabby is brought close to the lens, partially obscuring the man, while a woman stands behind in the Chicago yard. — The cat fills the foreground as the woman remains visible near the house.

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