Kansas USA-1958: Best Cook In SD Mrs Olga Bjerke

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationKansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Kansas

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Best Cook In SD Mrs Olga Bjerke — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958 featuring a title card that reads 'BEST COOK IN S.D. MRS. OLGA BJERKE' in white arched lettering on a dark background. The clip transitions to a smiling woman in a 1950s-style plaid dress and a blue patterned headscarf, standing in a doorway. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural lighting, capturing a nostalgic moment of domestic pride and community recognition.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 122639530

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Kansas, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits documentary editors and social historians seeking a 1950s Midwestern domestic-recognition moment captured on color 8mm home-movie film.
Period detail: The woman's plaid short-sleeve shirt, blue knotted headscarf, and the hand-lettered title card style are consistent with late-1950s rural American dress and amateur filmmaking practice.
Home-movie behavior: The woman's relaxed smile and informal stance suggest she was filmed by someone she knew, lending the portrait an unguarded quality absent from professional productions.
What appears in frame: Three frames show a hand-lettered dark-background title card in white stylized text; the fourth shows a smiling woman in a plaid shirt and blue knotted headscarf near a building exterior.
Film character: Early color 8mm stock shows warm Kodachrome-style saturation, mild highlight fading, and fine grain — classic archival texture of a late-1950s home-movie original.
Edit role: The title-card frames function as a direct interstitial or chapter marker; the portrait frame serves as a documentary human-interest cutaway or memory beat.
Historical context: Hand-crafted intertitles were common in amateur 8mm to mark community events; 'S.D.' most likely denotes South Dakota, which conflicts with the Kansas location in the metadata — verify before use.
Research note: A named, identifiable adult woman is clearly visible; likeness rights require independent research; the 'S.D.' versus Kansas location discrepancy should be resolved; no clearance is implied.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1950s Midwestern home movie', 'community recognition 8mm', 'rural American woman 1950s', or 'amateur title card vintage color film'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other title-card or ceremony clips from the same reel, then with 1950s South Dakota or Kansas domestic footage, then with mid-century community-event home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie title card circa 1958 identifying Mrs. Olga Bjerke as best cook in S.D., white stylized lettering on a dark field. — Title card: 'Best Cook in S.D. Mrs. Olga Bjerke'

Repeated 8mm title-card frame circa 1958 holding on 'Best Cook in S.D. Mrs. Olga Bjerke' lettering on a dark field. — Title card continued: 'Best Cook in S.D. Mrs. Olga Bjerke'

Third 8mm title-card frame circa 1958, still holding on the 'Best Cook in S.D. Mrs. Olga Bjerke' credit against a dark background. — Title card hold: 'Best Cook in S.D. Mrs. Olga Bjerke'

Smiling woman in late-1950s dress — plaid shirt and blue headscarf — standing near a building exterior, likely the United States circa 1958. — The subject identified by the title card, smiling near a building exterior.

Visually Similar Clips