Kansas USA-1958: Title Card With Playful Text About Boys Promoting Regularity

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

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Title Card With Playful Text About Boys Promoting Regularity — Clip Details

Vintage 1958 home movie footage from Kansas USA showing a colorful title card with the text 'THE BOYS FOUND A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO PROMOTE REGULARITY!' in multi-colored letters against a dark background. The clip features classic Super 8 film grain, slight flicker, and a nostalgic, playful tone typical of mid-century amateur films. The text is arranged in a whimsical, staggered layout with musical notes and stars, suggesting a lighthearted or comedic context. This archival 8mm footage captures the charm and humor of mid-century American home movies.

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: 122641127

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$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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Suits 1950s-Americana documentary segments and mid-century humor montages; functions as a period intertitle card for films exploring amateur home-movie culture or rural American life.
Period detail: Hand-lettered multicolored title card with staggered text, musical note symbols, and star decorations consistent with 1950s home-movie intertitle conventions; frame 0 may show a rural wooden outbuilding in winter.
Home-movie behavior: The handcrafted title card reflects mid-century home-movie storytellers who staged their own humorous intertitles before filming subjects, a practice typical of engaged amateur filmmakers.
What appears in frame: Multicolored hand-lettered text on a dark card, staggered letter layout, small musical note symbols, yellow star shapes, and a wooden outbuilding with a shingled roof visible in the opening frame.
Film character: Mild 8mm grain and slight interframe flicker on the title card frames, with a warm color cast typical of mid-1950s amateur color film stock.
Edit role: Works as a comedic chapter card or intertitle insert; cut directly before footage of the outbuilding or after a rural establishing shot to land the humor beat.
Historical context: 'Regularity' was a 1950s domestic euphemism for digestive health; the implied outhouse joke and handmade card reflect the gentle bodily humor common in mid-century family home movies.
Research note: No identifiable persons appear; the rural outbuilding in frame 0 may constitute private property — confirm rights chain from original film owner before licensing for commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries for 1950s home-movie title card, amateur intertitle, 8mm comedy card, Kansas farm footage 1958, or mid-century Americana humor clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage from the same Kansas 1958 home movie; then with 1950s rural farm exterior scenes; then with mid-century comedy or humorous intertitle clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas home movie frame showing a small wooden outhouse with a red-shingled roof against a snowy rural landscape. — Wooden outbuilding, Kansas, circa 1958.

1958 home-movie title card with multicolored hand-lettered humor text, musical note symbols, and yellow star decorations on a dark background. — Home-movie title card with humorous intertitle text, 1958.

Full view of a 1958 home-movie intertitle card with whimsical multicolored hand-lettered text, musical notes, and star decorations on a dark field. — Home-movie title card, full view, 1958.

Closing frame of a 1958 home-movie title card with multicolored staggered lettering and decorative musical note and star motifs. — Home-movie title card, closing frame, 1958.

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