Sacramento California-1937: Short Black And White Video Clip Of Felix The Cat

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

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Short Black And White Video Clip Of Felix The Cat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage clip captures Felix the Cat in a classic black-and-white animated sequence. The iconic character, dressed in his signature top hat and coat, moves across a minimalist stage with exaggerated expressions and slapstick gestures. He interacts with a small bag and a cylindrical object, showcasing the playful, silent-film style animation of the era. The grainy, high-contrast visuals and hand-drawn aesthetic reflect early 20th-century cartoon techniques, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early animation history.

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: 127255260

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 animation inserts, documentary cutaways, or education segments needing brief 8mm footage of a Felix the Cat cartoon projected or filmed in Sacramento-era home-movie context.
Period detail: The frames show black-and-white line animation with simplified staging, a top-hatted character, a small bag, and early cartoon slapstick gestures consistent with the supplied 1937 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: No human activity is visible; the archival value is a short filmed cartoon excerpt preserved within an 8mm home-movie source rather than a staged live-action scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a top-hatted cartoon figure, a small dark bag, a minimalist stage line, a striped post-like prop, a cat figure, a cylindrical object, film borders, and dust specks.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, dust, scratches, and slight greenish tinting over black-and-white cartoon imagery.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick animation-history insert, nostalgic transition, archival cutaway, or visual memory beat in a sequence about early screen entertainment.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a photographed or scanned cartoon excerpt and should be treated as animation content within an 8mm film source, not as direct street or household footage.
Research note: Rights review should consider potential cartoon character copyright and source-film ownership; no live likeness, private property, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged in this clip.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm Felix the Cat cartoon clip, vintage black-and-white animation excerpt, early cartoon home-movie footage, and Sacramento 1937 8mm animation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with other Sacramento 1937 8mm material, then with vintage animation, cartoon entertainment, or early screen culture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm frame of a black-and-white cartoon figure in a top hat and coat beside a small bag against a sparse drawn backdrop. — A top-hatted cartoon figure gestures near a small bag in a sparse animated setting.

1937 8mm frame showing the top-hatted cartoon figure turned away with a dark bag against a minimal black-and-white background. — The animated figure turns away with the bag visible in the simple cartoon scene.

1937 8mm frame of the cartoon figure walking as a smaller cat-like character appears behind him in the sparse animated scene. — A smaller cat-like character appears behind the walking top-hatted figure.

1937 8mm frame showing the top-hatted figure near a black cat character and a cylinder-like prop in a Felix the Cat cartoon sequence. — The top-hatted figure stands near a cat character and cylinder-like prop.

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