United States-1971: Smiling Teenage Girl Holding a Tabby Cat on a Sunlit Lawn

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

family pet
teenage life
summer leisure
informal portrait
1970s family life
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · open mown lawn with tree shadows, possibly part of a golf course
Time and weather: daytime · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 1 · One teenage girl with dark shoulder-length hair, wearing a white short-sleeved top and light-coloured trousers, smiling at the camera.
Animals: tabby cat
Objects: small white ball · tree shadows
Colors: green · magenta · white · lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The camera drifts over sunlit grass as a girl in white enters the frame.
She lifts a tabby cat into her arms and smiles at the lens.
She stands holding the cat against her chest on the lawn.
The cat's tail flicks out to the side as she keeps smiling.

Smiling Teenage Girl Holding a Tabby Cat on a Sunlit Lawn — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1971, home movie footage shows a smiling teenage girl with dark shoulder-length hair standing on a sunlit lawn and cradling a light-coloured tabby cat in her arms. The handheld camera drifts over the mown grass at the start, passing a small white ball and tree shadows, then settles on her as the animal shifts and flicks its tail. The Super 8 film was projected upside down for the transfer, and the colour carries a magenta cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001119

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$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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 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: Suits requests for early 1970s American family life, especially productions needing an informal home-movie portrait of a teenager with a pet.
Period detail: Her long straight hair and simple white clothing may reflect early 1970s styling, and the magenta-shifted Super 8 colour fits film of that period.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family moment in which a girl scoops up the household cat and grins at whoever is holding the camera.
What appears in frame: A smiling teenage girl, a light-coloured tabby cat held to her chest, its flicking tail, a sunny mown lawn, dark tree shadows and a small white ball in the grass.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with soft focus, visible grain, a strong magenta cast and an image projected upside down throughout the transfer.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat in a family or pets sequence, and needs flipping upright before use.
Historical context: Families of this era often filmed their pets alongside birthdays and holidays, and this reel mixes such everyday portraits with gatherings and outdoor leisure.
Research note: The girl is identifiable and likely a minor, so likeness permissions are a separate question from copyright in the film; the location may be private or club property.
Research search match: girl holding cat home movie, 1970s pet footage, Super 8 teenager on lawn, vintage family cat film
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's girl hand-feeding squirrels, girl teeing off and cat on chalkboard clips, then other early 1970s US lawn scenes, then pet-portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Inverted Super 8 frame, circa 1971, United States: a smiling teenage girl lifts a light tabby cat on mown grass. — A teenage girl lifts the family cat on a sunny lawn, circa 1971, in a frame projected upside down.
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Circa 1971 home movie frame from the United States of a dark-haired teen holding a tabby cat on a lawn, image inverted. — Holding the cat close, the girl smiles toward the camera on a sunlit lawn, circa 1971.
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Upside-down Super 8 still, circa 1971, United States: a girl in white cradles a tabby cat as sun throws shadows on grass. — The girl cradles the tabby in both arms while bright sun casts hard shadows, circa 1971.
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Circa 1971 American home movie still, inverted, of a teen girl holding a cat whose tail flicks out over the grass. — The cat's tail flicks out as the girl keeps her smile for the camera, circa 1971.
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