Kansas City Missouri-1959: Archival Video Of A Family Summer Picnic

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

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Archival Video Of A Family Summer Picnic — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a family summer picnic in Kansas City, Missouri. A man in a white short-sleeve shirt sits at a table outdoors, surrounded by trees, as he eats corn on the cob and pours a drink. The scene includes a striped beach chair and casual picnic items, viewed through a dark frame that suggests a window or tent opening. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s Americana, evoking nostalgia for mid-century family gatherings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123142238

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for 1950s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief family picnic or summer leisure moment for documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include 8mm color home-movie texture, casual short-sleeve clothing, a folding striped chair, picnic table items, and outdoor shade consistent with mid-century family leisure.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged family picnic gesture as a seated man pours a drink and eats corn while other relatives sit close to the camera.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man in a white shirt, corn on the cob, picnic table containers, bottles and cups, a striped folding chair, tree shade, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and gate-like borders that support its authentic home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer memory beat, picnic cutaway, or transition into material about family life, food, leisure, or 1950s Americana.
Historical context: The scene offers visual evidence of informal outdoor family dining in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1959 without identifying the individuals or the exact park setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Kansas City 8mm family picnic footage, 1950s summer home movie, corn on the cob picnic scene, and mid-century outdoor family gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kansas City 1959 material, then broader 1950s family picnic, summer leisure, and home-movie food scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a man in a white short-sleeve shirt at a shaded picnic table with food and drink items. — A seated man at a shaded picnic table during an outdoor family gathering.

1959 Kansas City picnic frame with a man seated beneath trees, reaching at a table with cups, bottles, and picnic food visible. — The man reaches across the picnic table among cups, bottles, and food.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a man eating corn on the cob at a shaded picnic table, with other adults partly visible nearby. — A man eats corn on the cob while seated with relatives at the picnic table.

1959 Kansas City picnic frame with a man eating corn on the cob at a table under trees, seen through dark 8mm frame borders. — The picnic continues as the man eats corn in the shade of the trees.

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