United States-1957: Boy Chasing and Grabbing a White Kitten on a Sunny Grassy Hillside

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
pets
play
rural life
countryside weekend
1950s family life
children and animals

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Sloping grassy hillside under mature shade trees, probably part of an orchard, with a dirt track crossing the slope and open sky beyond
Time and weather: day · early autumn · sunny with scattered white clouds
Lighting: bright natural sunlight with strong shadows under the trees
People: 1 · One boy, roughly school age, in a dark jacket with a light collar and blue jeans
Animals: white kitten
Objects: trees · grass · dirt track
Colors: green · blue · white · dark navy
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy reaches out as the white kitten rears up and paws at him.
The kitten trots across the grass with its tail raised.
The boy bends low to follow the kitten.
He stoops and grabs the kitten in the grass.
The kitten lies in the grass as the boy steps back.

Boy Chasing and Grabbing a White Kitten on a Sunny... — Clip Details

Rural United States, circa 1957 home movie footage of a boy in a dark jacket and jeans playing with a white kitten on a sunny grassy hillside, probably at the farm titled Herring's Maple Glen earlier on the reel. The kitten rears up and bats at his outstretched hand, then trots off with its tail raised as he bends to follow. He stoops to grab and handle it in the grass, then steps back as it lies down. One handheld wide shot on 8mm colour film, with shade trees and blue sky behind.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001696

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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: 1957 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 a request for late-1950s American childhood or rural weekend footage, giving documentary and education producers a bright, unstaged moment of a boy playing with a pet outdoors.
Period detail: The boy's dark jacket with a light collar and cuffed blue jeans may show typical 1950s boys' casual wear, and the saturated colour fits home-movie film of the period.
Home-movie behavior: A family member films a boy's spontaneous back-and-forth with a lively kitten, catching the swipes, chase and grab as they happen rather than posing him.
What appears in frame: A boy in a dark jacket and jeans, a white kitten rearing and running, a sloping green lawn, shade trees with dark trunks, a dirt track across the hill and a blue sky with white cloud.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, deep blue-black shadows and vivid greens give the shot a warm small-gauge texture, with handheld framing and a tilted hill line.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or cutaway in a childhood sequence, or as a light transition between farm scenes from the same reel.
Historical context: Families of the period often filmed children with animals on country outings, and this reel frames the shot within a titled September 1957 farm weekend.
Research note: The boy is a minor and may be identifiable, so likeness permissions need separate consideration from copyright in the film; the setting is probably private farm property.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under searches such as 1950s boy with kitten, vintage 8mm child and cat, rural childhood home movie or circa 1957 farm weekend footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's Herring's Maple Glen sign, boy in apple tree, boy entering chicken coop and egg-from-nest-box clips, then with other late-1950s farm footage, then with children-and-pets material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy reaching for a rearing white kitten on a sunny hillside, rural United States, circa 1957 8mm home movie — A white kitten rears up as the boy reaches out to it on the hillside, circa 1957.
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Boy bending after a white kitten with raised tail on an orchard hillside, United States, circa 1957 — The boy bends to follow the kitten as it runs across the grass with its tail raised.
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Boy stooping to grab a white kitten in the grass on a sunny farm hillside, circa 1957 home movie — Bent low, the boy grabs the kitten in the grass.
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Boy bent over handling a kitten on a grassy slope, probably a farm in the United States, circa 1957 — The boy keeps hold of the kitten in the grass before letting it go.
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