Kansas USA-1958: Boy Sticking Stick Into Water With Warning Title Card

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

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Boy Sticking Stick Into Water With Warning Title Card — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958 shows a young boy in a blue shirt and light-colored cap crouching in tall, dry grass near a body of water. He extends a stick into the water, seemingly exploring or testing the depth. The scene has a distinct blue tint and film grain typical of Super 8 footage. The clip concludes with a black-and-white title card reading 'LOOK OUT CARL — HE GOT IT THO! & WET FEET—', suggesting a playful, candid moment captured on film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122639892

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills 1950s postwar American childhood requests; useful as a candid vignette or period insert for documentaries on rural family life, outdoor recreation, or domestic storytelling.
Period detail: The blue-shifted 8mm color stock, dry autumn-toned reeds, and hand-lettered intertitle card are consistent with late-1950s amateur home-movie production conventions.
Home-movie behavior: A family member films a child exploring a water's edge with a stick, then edits in a hand-lettered title card narrating the playful outcome, a candid non-staged moment of domestic storytelling.
What appears in frame: Boy in dark jacket and light cap crouching at a reed-lined bank, still water with a blue-purple cast, bare branches, and a dark intertitle card with white hand-lettered display text in three lines.
Film character: Pronounced blue-cast shift from aged 8mm color stock, visible grain throughout, and rounded vignetting at frame edges give the action footage an authentic late-1950s home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or a cutaway-to-intertitle sequence; the title card alone can serve as a chapter divider in nostalgic, family-history, or Americana documentary edits.
Historical context: Hand-lettered intertitle cards, a carryover from silent-film convention, were common in 1950s amateur 8mm filmmaking as a low-cost captioning method before consumer titling accessories existed.
Research note: Partial face visible in outdoor frames; the named individual 'Carl' appears in the intertitle; assess likeness rights before commercial release. Copyright status requires independent verification.
Research search match: Researchers may search: 1950s child near water, 8mm home movie intertitle, postwar American outdoor childhood, vintage hand-lettered title card, Kansas family film 1950s.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Kansas 1958 footage; then with 1950s rural American outdoor childhood clips; then with archival home movies featuring hand-lettered intertitle cards.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young boy crouching at a reed-lined water's edge in Kansas, c.1958; 8mm home movie with characteristic blue color cast and film grain. — Boy at water's edge, Kansas, c.1958.

Boy reaching from a reed-lined bank toward still water, seen from rear; 8mm home movie, Kansas, c.1958; blue-shifted color typical of aged film stock. — Reaching toward the water, Kansas, c.1958.

8mm home-movie intertitle card with white hand-lettered text on dark ground: 'LOOK OUT CARL / HE GOT IT THO! / & WET FEET-'; names a family member and narrates a playful outdoor incident. — Intertitle card: 'LOOK OUT CARL - HE GOT IT THO! & WET FEET-'

Held 8mm intertitle card at clip end: 'LOOK OUT CARL / HE GOT IT THO! / & WET FEET-'; white hand-lettered text on dark ground with decorative stars and dashes. — Intertitle hold: 'LOOK OUT CARL - HE GOT IT THO! & WET FEET-'

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