Sacramento California-1937: Animated Cat Removes Umbrella From Stand And Jumps

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Sacramento California

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Animated Cat Removes Umbrella From Stand And Jumps — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage animated clip from Sacramento, California, features a mischievous black-and-white feline character in a classic slapstick sequence. The cat, rendered in bold silhouette, stealthily removes an umbrella from a stand and leaps across the frame with playful intent. The scene unfolds in a minimalist indoor setting with simple line-drawn furniture, showcasing the grainy texture and soft green tint typical of early home movie footage. This archival animation captures the humor and charm of early 20th-century cartooning, perfect for nostalgic content, historical documentaries, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127255196

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: 1937 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: Sacramento, California, 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 1930s 8mm animation requests needing a brief slapstick insert or period cartoon example.
Period detail: The frames may show a simple early animation setup with line-drawn interior props and a black-and-white cat figure, consistent with the 1937 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the small-gauge film record of projected or copied animation rather than unstaged human activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black cat character, umbrella, umbrella stand, bed or chair edge, plain wall line, film gate edges, grain and dust.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm texture, greenish tint, visible dust, frame borders and uneven exposure that read as physical-film evidence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a comic cutaway, animation-history insert, transition beat or visual punctuation in a vintage sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides a compact example of animal slapstick animation preserved on home-movie-era small-gauge film.
Research note: No people, faces, brands or visible private property are apparent, but copyright status of the animated character and source work should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm animation, vintage cartoon cat, slapstick umbrella gag and archival black cat animation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Sacramento or 1937 small-gauge material, then other vintage animation or animal slapstick clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this Sacramento 1937 8mm animation frame, a black cartoon cat moves toward an umbrella stand beside sparse line-drawn furniture. — The cat nears the umbrella stand in a minimal interior cartoon setting.

The black cartoon cat pauses near the umbrella stand, with a simple bed or chair edge drawn at the left of the frame. — The cat positions itself beside the umbrella stand before the gag continues.

The animated cat appears to pull the umbrella upward from the stand in the sparse 1937 8mm cartoon frame. — The umbrella is lifted from the stand as the cat performs the slapstick action.

The black cartoon cat is low to the floor near the umbrella stand, suggesting a jump or landing within the slapstick sequence. — The cat lands or crouches near the umbrella stand at the end of the brief gag.

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