Kansas USA-1958: Man in Red Cap in Wheat Field Smoking

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Serves 1950s rural Americana documentary segments, farming-era editorial packages, and mid-century lifestyle montages needing authentic Kansas field footage.

Period detail

Red baseball cap, tan work jacket, wire-frame glasses, and a vintage blue vehicle visible in later frames are consistent with late-1950s rural American working dress.

Home-movie behavior

A companion or family member films a man casually at the edge of a wheat field, capturing relaxed, unselfconscious moments of pausing to smoke and attend to a vehicle.

What appears in frame

Man in red cap and tan jacket, golden wheat field horizon, clear blue sky, wire-frame glasses, lit cigarette, vintage blue-green vehicle, open vehicle door, flat Great Plains landscape.

Film character

8mm color stock renders warm saturated tones with visible grain, slight handheld drift, and the characteristic soft focus of period amateur film.

Edit role

Works as a mid-century Americana insert or memory beat; cut between wider landscape shots to anchor a rural 1950s Kansas narrative sequence.

Historical context

The wheat-field setting, work jacket, and vintage vehicle reflect everyday visual culture of mid-century Great Plains farming communities, consistent with the stated 1958 date.

Research note

One adult male face is clearly visible across multiple frames; likeness rights are unverified. Copyright rests with the original filmmaker's estate; no talent releases are on file.

Research search match

Researchers may search '1950s Kansas farmer,' 'vintage wheat field 8mm,' 'mid-century rural America,' 'Great Plains home movie 1958,' or 'man smoking cigarette field color.'

Archive pairing path

Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Kansas location; then with Great Plains agricultural footage from the 1950s; then with rural American daily-life clips of the decade.