Ohio-1968: Two Kittens, Ginger and White-and-Grey, Playing in Long Summer Grass

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationOhio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 · Ohio, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

pets
kittens
summer lawn
family home life
childhood
animal play
1960s domestic life

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · grassy lawn
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 1 · Only the bare forearms and light-coloured rolled sleeves of one person, seen briefly lifting a kitten; no face is visible.
Animals: white-and-grey kitten · ginger tabby kitten
Objects: long grass
Colors: green · white · orange · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two kittens, one white-and-grey and one ginger, sit side by side in long grass.
Forearms reach in from the right and lift the ginger kitten.
The ginger kitten is set down and presses against the white-and-grey one.
The pair creep forward together, the ginger tail raised.
The two kittens tumble against each other as the shot ends.

Two Kittens, Ginger and White-and-Grey, Playing in Long... — Clip Details

Probably the American Midwest, circa 1968, home movie footage of two young kittens, one white with grey patches and one ginger tabby, in long green summer grass. At the start a person's bare forearms, in light rolled sleeves, reach in from the right, lift the ginger kitten and set it back down beside the other. The two kittens then nuzzle and creep together through the grass, the ginger one with its striped tail raised. It is filmed in one handheld close-up from slightly above in bright daylight.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002131

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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: Ohio, 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: Serves requests for late-1960s American domestic pet footage, giving documentaries and nostalgia pieces a short, warm close-up of kittens at home.
Period detail: No datable objects are visible; the saturated colour, grain and soft focus may show period small-gauge reversal film consistent with circa 1968.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family moment: someone reaches in to reposition a kitten for the camera, then lets the pair play on their own.
What appears in frame: A white kitten with grey head patches, a ginger tabby with a ringed tail, long green grass, and a person's forearms in light rolled sleeves.
Film character: Handheld close-up with grain, soft edges, rich greens and a few dust specks give it the texture of projected small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway, a memory beat or a soft transition between larger family or seasonal scenes.
Historical context: Kittens on a summer lawn reflect the everyday subjects families chose for home movies, set within a reel of outings, winter play and camping.
Research note: The anonymous family film's copyright status should be treated separately from likeness; only an unidentified person's forearms appear, and the lawn is likely private property.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1960s kittens home movie, vintage pets in grass, ginger kitten archival footage and family pets small-gauge film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's mother with a crying toddler, toddlers by a family sign and the fishing clips, then other circa-1968 Midwest summer scenes, then vintage pet footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hands reach for a ginger kitten next to a white-and-grey kitten on a lawn, probably the American Midwest, circa 1968 — A person's forearms reach in to lift the ginger kitten beside its white-and-grey companion.
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Ginger tabby kitten with tail up nuzzling a white-and-grey kitten in summer grass, home movie circa 1968 — Set back down, the ginger kitten presses up against the white-and-grey kitten.
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White-and-grey and ginger kittens side by side facing the camera in long grass, US Midwest, circa 1968 — The two kittens face the camera together, the ginger one's striped tail held high.
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Ginger kitten stalking through long grass alongside a white-and-grey kitten in late-1960s home movie film — The ginger kitten creeps forward through the grass alongside the white-and-grey kitten.
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