Kansas City Missouri-1959: Fishing On The Beach With A View Of An Incoming Wave

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Fishing On The Beach With A View Of An Incoming Wave — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal scene from Kansas City, Missouri. A person in a light-colored shirt stands at the water's edge, fishing with a rod as gentle waves roll in. The footage shows a calm ocean with soft blue-green water and white foam, viewed through a dark frame typical of old film projectors. The grainy texture and faded colors evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, perfect for historical or nostalgic content.

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: 123141673

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: 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 home-movie footage for edits needing a brief recreational fishing or shoreline memory beat with visible 8mm texture.
Period detail: The light sleeveless top, fishing rod, soft color, and projected-frame edges may show mid-century amateur vacation footage, with the 1959 date supported by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: An unidentified person stands near the water and fishes from a casual, unstaged home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fishing rod, a person in a light shirt, blue-green water, ripples, incoming surface movement, foam, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has grain, faded blue-green color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or reflective memory insert around leisure, fishing, water, or family travel themes.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor recreation rather than a public event, with the specific location carried by metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Research note: A person is visible from behind or at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed alongside copyright and source-rights checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1959 8mm fishing, vintage home movie shoreline, person fishing by water, mid-century recreation footage, and amateur beach fishing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 or Kansas City-labeled material, and then broader fishing, beach, water, or recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm home-movie frame showing a person from behind with a fishing rod near rippled blue-green water. — A person stands at the water's edge with a fishing rod as ripples move across the surface.

1959 8mm frame with the person partly cropped at right and wide blue-green water filling most of the view. — The camera holds on the water while the person remains partly visible near the right edge.

1959 8mm home-movie frame with the person mostly cropped out and the water surface dominating the view. — The figure drops partly out of frame while the camera shows open water and a small bright spot.

1959 8mm frame focused on rippled water, with a small white foamy patch near the bottom of the frame. — A small patch of foam appears on the rippled water as the frame holds on the surface.

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