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 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958 shows a colorful title card with the text 'THE BOYS FOUND A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO PROMOTE REGULARITY!' in playful, multi-colored lettering. The scene transitions to two men walking away from the camera on a snowy street, passing a light-colored car and a multi-story building. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading, capturing a nostalgic moment of everyday life in the late 1950s.

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: 122641194

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: 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 (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: Fits requests for 1950s Midwest American everyday life, humorous home-movie intertitles, and winter street scenes for documentary or nostalgia segments.
Period detail: Hand-lettered title card with multi-colored stencil letters and decorative stars suggests late-1950s amateur filmmaking; parked sedan visible in outdoor frames may be consistent with late-1950s American automotive styling.
Home-movie behavior: The hand-crafted title card, with its playful lettering and deadpan humor, reveals the informal storytelling personality and comedic sensibility of the amateur filmmaker.
What appears in frame: Dark-background title card, multi-colored stencil lettering, yellow stars, two men in winter coats walking on snow, multi-story tan brick building, parked light-colored sedan, bare winter shrubbery.
Film character: 8mm color stock shows mild grain, soft focus at frame edges, and warm color drift across the title card, consistent with late-1950s amateur home-movie emulsion characteristics.
Edit role: The title card functions as a humorous chapter divider or segment opener; the walking figures serve as a transition shot or illustrative cutaway in a winter or Midwest everyday-life sequence.
Historical context: Hand-made title cards were a widespread amateur filmmaking technique in the 1950s; this clip's playful, digestive-health humor reflects the informal comedic spirit common in mid-century American home movies.
Research note: Two adults appear with backs to camera in outdoor frames; faces are not clearly visible, but likeness review is advisable; no identifiable brand marks or private-property signage observed.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries for 1950s home-movie title card, amateur intertitle, winter Midwest street scene, or 1950s American everyday life 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Kansas 1958 collection; then with 1950s Midwest winter outdoor scenes; then with home-movie humorous intertitles or novelty title cards.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 home-movie title card with playful multi-colored stencil lettering and decorative stars on a dark brown background, typical of amateur 8mm filmmaking. — Hand-made title card from a 1958 Kansas home movie.

Sustained view of the 1958 home-movie title card; background appears slightly darker, with the same multi-colored stencil lettering and decorative star elements. — Title card held through the second frame of the 1958 Kansas home movie.

Two men walking away from camera across a snow-covered area near a multi-story institutional brick building and a parked car, Kansas USA circa 1958. — Two men walking on snow outside a brick building, Kansas, circa 1958.

Two men in winter clothing walking across snowy ground past a parked sedan near the corner of a large tan brick building, Kansas USA circa 1958. — Two men walking past a parked car in winter, Kansas, circa 1958.

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