Kansas USA-1958: Person Standing Behind A Car, Landmark Sign

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

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Person Standing Behind A Car, Landmark Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kansas USA in 1958, capturing a snowy winter scene through a window. A dark-colored 1950s station wagon is parked in a snow-covered lot, with another car visible in the background. A person stands near the vehicle, partially obscured by the frame. The clip includes a title card reading 'HOW A BLIZZARD STARTS IN CLARK. WE STARTED SOUTH.', indicating a personal account of a winter storm. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, scratches, and a soft focus, conveying a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American atmosphere.

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: 122641384

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary requests for mid-20th-century American winter driving, Midwest blizzard history, or 1950s personal road-trip narrative footage with a legible filmmaker title card.
Period detail: Station wagon body style and proportions are consistent with late-1950s American automotive design; snow-covered flat terrain and overcast sky suggest Great Plains winter conditions.
Home-movie behavior: Captures the candid pre-departure moment of loading a station wagon before leaving ahead of a blizzard, narrated by a hand-lettered title card that names the location and southward escape.
What appears in frame: Dark blue station wagon, open rear door with interior seat visible, snow-covered flat ground, person in dark winter clothing at frame left, flat horizon, grey winter sky, and hand-lettered title card with star separator.
Film character: Muted blue-grey tones with mild grain and soft focus characteristic of 8mm color reversal stock in flat winter light, lending authentic mid-century documentary texture to the snow scenes.
Edit role: The title card frames function as chapter openers or voice-over anchor points in personal-narrative documentary sequences; the exterior snow scene works as a period establishing or road-trip insert.
Historical context: The hand-made title card naming 'Clark' and narrating southward departure reflects mid-century home-movie storytelling conventions and documents civilian response to a Great Plains winter storm.
Research note: One adult figure is partially visible in frame 0; likeness rights are unresolved. No logos, audible music, or private interiors are present; standard archival editorial licensing caveats apply.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as '1950s blizzard Kansas home movie,' 'winter road trip 8mm color footage,' 'Great Plains snowstorm station wagon,' or 'mid-century American winter driving.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Kansas 1958 home-movie reel, then with Midwest winter driving or blizzard footage from the 1950s, then with personal-narrative home-movie title card sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dark-blue late-1950s station wagon sits in a snow-covered open lot in Kansas, 1958; a person in dark winter clothing stands partially cropped at the left edge. — Station wagon parked in snow, circa 1958 Kansas, with figure at left.

A late-1950s dark-blue station wagon with its rear door open stands in a snow-covered lot in what appears to be Kansas, 1958; the flat Great Plains horizon stretches behind it. — Station wagon with open rear door in snow-covered open lot.

An 8mm home-movie title card reading 'HOW A BLIZZARD STARTS IN CLARK. — ★ — WE STARTED SOUTH.' narrates the filmmaker's departure from a Kansas winter storm, circa 1958. — Title card: 'How a Blizzard Starts in Clark. We Started South.'

A second exposure of the 8mm title card 'HOW A BLIZZARD STARTS IN CLARK. — ★ — WE STARTED SOUTH.' held on screen, consistent with home-movie chapter-card conventions circa 1958. — Title card repeated: 'How a Blizzard Starts in Clark. We Started South.'

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