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Kansas USA-1958: Men Stranded in Desert Drinking from Can Near Open Car Trunk

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

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Men Stranded in Desert Drinking from Can Near Open Car Trunk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958 shows two men stranded in a vast desert landscape under a blazing sun. One man in a plaid shirt and yellow vest opens a can, likely a beverage, while the other in a red cap looks on. The open trunk of their vehicle is visible, suggesting they are seeking relief from the intense heat. The scene captures a moment of roadside respite during a hot summer journey, with the arid terrain stretching endlessly. A title card reads 'POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES.' The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and film scratches, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or history projects.

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
122639810

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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • desert far sun burn up
  • drink
  • men
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  • vehicle
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  • kansas USA
  • 1958
  • 1958 Kansas USA
  • vintage 8mm film
  • desert road trip
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  • Super 8 home movie
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  • editorial use
  • road trip 1958
  • vintage Americana
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  • vintage home movie
  • retro footage
  • old film footage
  • vintage film
  • 1950s life

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Serves 1950s Americana and road-trip documentary requests needing authentic home-movie footage of working-class leisure travel in the American Midwest.
Period detail
Men's plaid work shirt, olive hunting vest, and flat-brimmed caps are consistent with late-1950s rural Midwest workwear; an open trunk lid behind them may belong to a late-1950s American automobile.
Home-movie behavior
The hand-lettered intertitle 'POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES' reveals the filmmaker's dry wit, a hallmark of amateur 8mm narration style common in 1950s home-movie making.
What appears in frame
Two adult men in work caps, a plaid shirt, an olive hunting vest, a small held can, a white object raised toward the camera, an open car trunk lid, and a flat open landscape with pale sky.
Film character
Warm, slightly faded color palette with visible grain and mild light falloff at frame edges give the footage the handcrafted texture characteristic of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role
Works as a character insert or humorous cutaway in a road-trip or Americana sequence, with the built-in hand-lettered intertitle providing a ready-made editorial beat.
Historical context
The spliced hand-lettered intertitle reflects a home-movie editing tradition of the 1950s–60s, when amateur filmmakers cut self-made title cards between scenes to narrate or editorialize road trips.
Research note
Identifiable adult faces are clearly visible in footage; likeness status for the individuals shown is unknown and should be evaluated before editorial use. No audible music or visible brand logos noted.
Research search match
Researchers searching for 1950s road trip, Kansas plains travel, vintage home-movie intertitle, mid-century Americana humor, or 8mm roadside footage may find this clip relevant.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other clips from the same reel or road trip; then with 1950s Great Plains or Kansas travel footage; then with home movies featuring hand-lettered intertitles or mid-century road humor.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in late-1950s workwear stand at an open car trunk in flat terrain; one holds a small can, consistent with Kansas road footage circa 1958.
Man in plaid shirt and olive vest holds a can at the open car trunk while a companion in a red cap looks on.
Man in plaid shirt, olive vest and cap holds a white object playfully toward the camera near an open car trunk, with a companion in a red cap behind him, circa 1958 Kansas.
Man holds up an opened can or pale object toward the camera near the car trunk while companion watches.
Amateur home-movie intertitle with white stenciled text on a dark cardstock background reading: POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES.
Home-movie intertitle: "POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES."
Second hold of the hand-stenciled intertitle reading POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES, extending on-screen for viewer reading time.
Title card repeated: "POOR DOGS! NOT A TREE IN MILES."

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