Kansas USA-1958: Hunters With A Pheasant In A Golden Field

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Serves documentary editors and social historians seeking authentic 1950s American hunting culture footage for mid-century rural life, outdoor recreation, or Great Plains regional history segments.

Period detail

Hunters wear olive and tan field jackets with red-orange caps consistent with late-1950s American hunting attire; the 8mm color palette and grain pattern suggest mid-century amateur film stock.

Home-movie behavior

An informal trophy moment: the camera operator turns to the catch, capturing the spontaneous pride of showing off the day's bag rather than staging a formal pose.

What appears in frame

Golden dry-grass prairie field, two hunters in red-orange caps and tan jackets, one crouching figure, a standing man holding a rifle, ring-necked pheasants, iridescent brown-green plumage, red eye wattles, a plaid flannel sleeve.

Film character

Warm amber color cast, visible 8mm grain, and slight edge softness give the footage an intimate home-movie texture typical of mid-century amateur reversal film stock.

Edit role

Opens as an establishing wide shot of the hunt in the field before cutting to close-up trophy inserts, or functions as a nostalgia memory beat in a mid-century rural Americana sequence.

Historical context

Pheasant hunting was a mainstream recreational pursuit in mid-century Kansas; the casual filming style and attire reflect postwar leisure culture across rural Middle America.

Research note

Adult faces are partially visible in the wide shot; standard likeness review is recommended before editorial use, though no faces appear in the close-up frames; no brands or logos are visible.

Research search match

Likely searched as 1950s pheasant hunting, Kansas hunting home movie, mid-century American outdoor recreation, ring-necked pheasant 8mm, or postwar rural America.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with other clips from the same reel or uploader; then with 1950s Kansas or Great Plains rural footage; then with mid-century American hunting or outdoor recreation clips.