Kansas City Missouri-1959: The Steeple Of The Church Stands High In The Sky

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationKansas City, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Kansas City Missouri

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The Steeple Of The Church Stands High In The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a modern church with a distinctive triangular roof and tall steeple against a deep blue sky. The white structure features a prominent cross at the top of the steeple, with a utility pole visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American architecture and religious life. The final frame transitions to a dark, indistinct scene, possibly indoors.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123140831

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: 1959 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 City, Missouri, 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: 1950s Kansas City church exterior footage for documentary or educational sequences about mid-century American religious architecture and neighborhood streetscapes.
Period detail: The angular white roofline, tall cross-topped steeple, overhead utility pole, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1950s suburban or urban church design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding briefly on the steeple and roofline as a personal record rather than a staged architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a modern church facade, triangular roof planes, a tall steeple with cross, blue sky, utility pole, film gate edges, and a final dark transition.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, rounded frame edges, color shift, slight softness, and small exposure changes that mark it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short exterior insert, religious-life cutaway, Kansas City establishing detail, or transition into a memory sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a mid-century home-movie view of a church exterior and nearby utility infrastructure without identifying a specific congregation or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but religious subject matter and possible property identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 8mm Kansas City church exterior, mid-century steeple cross, vintage home movie religious building, and modern church roofline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kansas City 1959 exteriors, then broader 1950s church, steeple, and religious architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City 8mm frame showing a white modern church exterior with angular roof planes, a tall cross-topped steeple, and a utility pole in front. — A cross-topped steeple rises beside the angular white church roof under a deep blue sky.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame of a modern church roofline with a tall steeple and foreground utility pole against blue sky. — The church roof and steeple remain centered, with the utility pole cutting across the facade.

1959 Kansas City 8mm view with the cross at the top of the steeple more prominent above the white angular church exterior. — The cross atop the steeple is prominent as the camera frames the upper church facade.

Final 8mm frame from the 1959 Kansas City clip fades or cuts to a dark, indistinct scene with no clear people or objects visible. — The clip ends on a dark, indistinct frame after the church exterior shot.

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