Massachusetts-1959: Two Boys in Red Jackets Play With a Ginger Cat on Brick Steps

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMassachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Massachusetts, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
pets
summer vacation
family home movies
1950s American life
play
siblings or friends together

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · slightly high angle from standing height
Setting: outdoor · Brick and concrete front steps of a house in a residential yard, with grass and two galvanised trash cans at the top
Time and weather: daytime · summer · sunny
Lighting: Hard direct sunlight with strong shadows beneath the steps
People: 2 · Two young boys: the younger in a red sweatshirt with round emblem patches and blue jeans, the older in a red zip jacket with white piping, blue jeans and canvas sneakers
Animals: ginger tabby cat
Objects: brick steps · concrete step · galvanised trash cans · emblem patches on sweatshirt · canvas sneakers · grass
Colors: red · denim blue · brick brown · ginger orange · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The younger boy strokes the ginger cat with his back to the camera while the older boy smiles at the lens.
The younger boy turns toward the camera, starting to laugh.
Facing the camera, the younger boy laughs with clenched fists as the older boy pats the cat.
Both boys turn back to the cat, the older one still holding out his hand.

Two Boys in Red Jackets Play With a Ginger Cat on Brick... — Clip Details

Probably Massachusetts, circa 1959, home movie footage of two boys in red jackets and blue jeans playing with a small ginger tabby cat on sunny brick steps. The younger child strokes the cat with his back to the lens, then turns toward the camera, laughing and clenching his fists. The older one crouches at right, smiling at the camera while he pats the animal with one hand and holds the other out flat. One continuous medium shot on 8mm colour film, with two galvanised trash cans at the top of the steps.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001816

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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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Massachusetts, 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 a request for authentic late-1950s American childhood footage of children with a family pet, suited to documentary memory beats and nostalgic family storytelling.
Period detail: Red zip jackets with white piping, a sweatshirt dotted with round emblem patches, blue jeans, canvas sneakers and galvanised trash cans may show typical late-1950s American household and playwear details.
Home-movie behavior: The younger boy breaks off petting the cat to turn and laugh straight at the filming parent, an unstaged moment of a child performing for the family camera.
What appears in frame: Two boys in red jackets, a small ginger tabby cat lying on concrete, worn brick steps, two metal trash cans, a strip of lawn and a child's sweatshirt covered with round patches.
Film character: Saturated 8mm colour with deep reds, hard summer sunlight, dense shadows and fine grain gives the shot a rich, period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory-beat insert or cutaway within a summer vacation or family-life sequence, especially after beach establishing shots.
Historical context: Children playing outdoors with a pet at a summer cottage reflects the leisure and family holiday culture visible in many 1950s American home movies.
Research note: The boys are identifiable minors with no names known, the round patches may carry third-party emblems, and the steps are private residential property; film copyright, likeness and property questions are separate and should be assessed for each use.
Research search match: 1950s boys playing with cat, vintage 8mm home movie children and pet, Cape Cod summer 1959 family footage, late 1950s childhood archival clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's toddler clapping beside a sleeping cat, boy running out of the cottage and family picnic clips, then its 1959 Cape Cod beach shots, then other 1950s children-with-pets footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy with his back to the camera strokes a ginger cat as an older boy smiles beside him on brick steps, likely Massachusetts, circa 1959. — The younger boy strokes the cat while the older boy smiles toward the camera, likely Massachusetts, circa 1959.
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Older boy smiles at the camera and pats a ginger cat as the younger boy turns toward the lens, 8mm home movie, circa 1959. — The younger boy starts to turn toward the camera as the cat lies between the two children.
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Laughing boy in a red sweatshirt with round patches faces the camera beside a ginger cat on cottage steps, likely Massachusetts, circa 1959. — Both boys face the camera, the younger one laughing with clenched fists while the older pats the cat.
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Two boys in red jackets look back down at a ginger tabby cat on sunlit brick steps in a circa 1959 colour home movie. — The boys turn their attention back to the cat, the older one still holding out his hand.
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