Kansas City Missouri-1959: Pond Lake Summer Rock Throwing Sunny Sunset Outdoors

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

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Pond Lake Summer Rock Throwing Sunny Sunset Outdoors — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene summer day at a lake or pond. A child's arm throws a rock, creating ripples and a splash on the calm water. The scene transitions to a warm sunset with soft pink and orange hues over the water, framed by the dark edges of a film projector. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s home movie quality, evoking nostalgia and childhood memories.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123141676

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 8mm home-movie footage suited to requests for quiet Midwest summer recreation, childhood memory, pond water, and sunset transition material.
Period detail: The 1959 date is supported by metadata, while visible clues are limited to 8mm color stock, casual outdoor filming, and a projector-framed contact-sheet view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie gesture: a person throwing a rock into still water before the camera turns to a warm sunset over the pond.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling pond water, a small splash, a hand or arm near the waterline, dark film-frame borders, sunset clouds, and a low shoreline.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, gate shadows, rounded frame edges, and handheld exposure shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, childhood insert, water cutaway, or gentle transition from play to evening atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal postwar family filming of outdoor leisure, with the Kansas City area and 1959 date coming from clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Research note: A person or limb appears visible, so likeness review may still be needed even though no faces, logos, or identifiable private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1959 Kansas City 8mm pond, 1950s home movie lake splash, vintage sunset over water, and child throwing rock archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Kansas City outdoor footage, then broader 1950s summer lake or pond home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City area 8mm frame showing pond water disturbed by a thrown rock, with a partial arm or hand visible near the splash. — A rock hits the pond surface, sending small ripples across the water.

1959 8mm frame of green-blue pond water in the Kansas City area, with circular ripples expanding after a splash. — Ripples widen across the pond after the thrown rock lands.

1959 Kansas City area 8mm frame showing a pink-orange sunset over water, with a low shoreline and dark projector-frame edges. — The clip shifts from pond play to a warm sunset over the water.

1959 8mm sunset frame over a Kansas City area pond or lake, with warm clouds, a low horizon, and visible film dust. — Warm evening clouds sit above the water in a heavily framed 8mm view.

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