Kansas USA-1958: The Boys Found A More Comfortable Place To Promote Regularity!

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

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The Boys Found A More Comfortable Place To Promote... — Clip Details

Vintage 1958 home movie footage from Kansas USA, featuring a colorful animated title card with playful, multi-colored letters spelling out 'THE BOYS FOUND A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO PROMOTE REGULARITY!' against a dark background. The text is arranged in a whimsical, arched layout with musical notes and stars, characteristic of mid-century American home movies. The grainy 8mm film quality and soft focus give it authentic retro charm, capturing a lighthearted, nostalgic moment from a family or community event. This archival clip offers a unique glimpse into mid-century American culture and home filmmaking.

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: 122641176

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: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: Yes

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kansas, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Solves requests for mid-century American home-movie title cards, novelty intertitles, or 1950s handcrafted graphic elements in documentary or nostalgic commercial contexts.
Period detail: Multicolored hand-lettered title card with musical-note and star decorations is consistent with DIY home-movie titling conventions of the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: The whimsical, hand-crafted title card reflects the amateur filmmaker's playful effort to add a theatrical opening to a family or community event film.
What appears in frame: All four frames show the same title card: multicolored all-caps lettering on a dark background, small musical note symbols, yellow star decorations, and soft 8mm film grain throughout.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, slight color variation across frames, and mild focus diffusion give the title card an authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Functions as an opening intertitle or scene-introduction card in a nostalgic or humorous documentary sequence referencing 1950s American family life.
Historical context: Hand-decorated title cards were a common feature of amateur 8mm home movies in the 1950s, reflecting the DIY creativity of the era before consumer video editing.
Research note: No identifiable people or brands are visible; the title card text appears original to the filmmaker, but rights to the underlying reel should be confirmed with the contributor; background music is flagged in source metadata.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1950s home movie title card,' 'vintage intertitle 8mm,' or 'mid-century American amateur film graphic' to find this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other title cards from the same Kansas 1958 reel, then with 1950s Midwest home movies, then with novelty or humorous intertitles from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie title card circa 1958, Kansas, with multicolored all-caps lettering, musical note symbols, and yellow stars on a dark background. — Hand-lettered 1958 home-movie title card with multicolored text and decorative stars and musical notes.

8mm title card circa 1958 Kansas, showing multicolored lettered phrase with musical note and star embellishments; consistent with first frame. — Title card with star and musical note decorations, frame 2.

8mm home-movie title card circa 1958 with multicolored lettering; color saturation appears slightly warmer in this frame than earlier frames. — Title card, frame 3, showing slight color variation from earlier in the clip.

Closing frame of 1958 Kansas 8mm title card with multicolored all-caps text, star and musical note decorations, and visible film grain and border. — Title card, final frame, with film border visible at left edge.

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