Kansas USA-1958: Empty Field and Man Reaching with Stick

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

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Empty Field and Man Reaching with Stick — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958, captured from a moving vehicle. The clip shows a vast, empty rural landscape with rolling golden fields under a pale sky, viewed through a window with visible film grain and scratches. The final frame reveals a man in a blue shirt and light-colored cap crouching in tall grass, reaching with a stick toward the ground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus and natural color tones, evoking a sense of Americana and mid-century nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122639860

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits 1950s rural America documentary sequences needing authentic Great Plains landscape and candid working-person footage shot on period 8mm.
Period detail: Flat gravel road, utility poles, and dry crop stubble may show mid-century Great Plains agricultural land; no vehicles or dated signage visible to confirm the exact year.
Home-movie behavior: The shift from a vehicle-window landscape to a ground-level shot of a man reaching into dry grass captures the unscripted spontaneity typical of amateur 8mm recording.
What appears in frame: Flat gravel road receding to the horizon, wide golden-brown fields, pale overcast sky, a utility pole, open plain, dry grass stubble, a crouching man in a blue shirt and light cap, and a stick near ground level.
Film character: Horizontal film scratches, moderate grain, and a vivid blue-purple color shift in the final frame give the footage an unmistakable period-scan texture characteristic of scanned 8mm stock.
Edit role: The landscape frames function as rural road-trip inserts or transitions, while the final crouching-figure frame cuts cleanly as a candid close-action beat in a documentary sequence.
Historical context: The flat open fields and utility pole suggest rural Great Plains land use in the late 1950s; the impromptu ground-level activity is consistent with amateur documentation of outdoor work or nature.
Research note: An adult male is identifiable in the final frame; likeness rights should be assessed before commercial use, though no brands, private interiors, or additional identifiable persons appear.
Research search match: 1950s rural Kansas landscape, Great Plains road 8mm home movie, mid-century American farmland, man in field vintage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this Kansas 1958 reel, then with 1950s Great Plains or Midwest road and field footage, then with candid rural-worker or outdoor-activity sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Straight gravel road receding to the flat Kansas horizon, open golden-brown fields on either side, circa 1958 8mm home movie footage. — Gravel road to horizon, Kansas fields, c.1958.

Open Kansas grassland with a single utility pole at right, shot from a moving vehicle, circa 1958 8mm home movie. — Utility pole over flat Kansas plain, c.1958.

Wide empty Kansas plain under pale overcast sky, circa 1958, sparse composition with visible 8mm film scratches. — Empty Kansas plain, c.1958.

Adult man in blue shirt and pale cap bent low in dry Kansas grass, reaching with a stick toward the ground, 8mm home movie circa 1958. — Man reaching into dry grass with stick, c.1958.

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