United States-1961: Ginger Tabby Cat Chewing a Red Gift Bow Among Wrapping Paper

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas
pets
gift wrapping aftermath
domestic life
animal play
family home movies
nostalgia

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: indoor · Home interior floor with a shaggy yellow rug and crumpled gift wrapping
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: Bright artificial light from the camera side with a dark, underlit background
People: 0 · No people visible
Animals: ginger tabby cat
Objects: red gift bow · crumpled white wrapping paper · shaggy yellow rug · patterned gift box corner · thin yellow stick-like object
Colors: mustard yellow · orange · white · black · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The ginger cat lies on the yellow rug chewing a red gift bow held in its paws.
It turns its head and presses the bow down against the rug.
The cat lifts its head away from the bow.
It looks up toward the camera among the crumpled paper.

Ginger Tabby Cat Chewing a Red Gift Bow Among Wrapping Paper — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1961, home movie footage shows a ginger tabby cat curled on a shaggy yellow rug among crumpled white wrapping paper at Christmas. The animal holds a red gift bow between its front paws and chews at it, turning its head as it works the ribbon. It then lifts its head and looks up toward the camera. Filmed in one close, mostly steady handheld shot on 8mm colour film, with bright light on the fur and a dark background.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001107

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: 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: Answers requests for early-1960s American Christmas morning footage showing a household pet, suited to holiday, family-life and animal-history productions.
Period detail: The shaggy yellow rug, white tissue-style wrapping and warm colour-film rendition may show an early-1960s American home interior at Christmas.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged pet moment caught by a family member filming the gift-opening mess, with the cat absorbed in the bow until it glances up at the camera.
What appears in frame: A ginger tabby curled on a shaggy yellow rug, a red gift bow in its paws, crumpled white wrapping paper behind, a patterned box corner at left and a dark background.
Film character: Small-gauge colour film with fine grain, soft focus, warm yellow-orange tones, strong frontal light falling off to black, and a few dust specks.
Edit role: Works as a humorous cutaway or memory beat inside a Christmas-morning sequence, or as a short insert between gift-opening shots.
Historical context: Home movies of this period often recorded Christmas morning at length, and pets playing in discarded wrapping were a recurring subject of family filming.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or readable text appear; the film copyright and any private-home considerations should be assessed separately, and no clearance is implied.
Research search match: vintage cat Christmas footage, 1960s pet home movie, 8mm cat playing with gift bow, Christmas wrapping paper cat, retro holiday animal clip
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Christmas shots of the girl showing her boxed doll and toys, then with other circa-1961 American Christmas mornings, then with vintage pet footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ginger tabby cat chewing a red gift bow on a yellow shag rug at Christmas, United States, circa 1961, 8mm home movie — A ginger tabby chews a red gift bow held in its paws among Christmas wrapping, circa 1961.
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Orange tabby pressing a red Christmas bow into a yellow rug among gift wrap, early 1960s American home movie — The cat turns its head and works the red bow against the rug.
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Ginger cat raising its head from a red gift bow among Christmas wrapping paper, circa 1961, United States, 8mm film — The ginger tabby begins to lift its head away from the bow.
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Ginger tabby looking up at the camera amid Christmas wrapping on a yellow shag rug, United States, circa 1961 — Having let go of the bow, the cat looks up toward the camera.
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