Kansas City Missouri-1959: White Sign With Red Lettering Invites Visitors To

$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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

White Sign With Red Lettering Invites Visitors To — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Kansas City, Missouri, in 1959, showing a hand-painted white sign with red lettering that reads "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater." The sign features a painted pumpkin with a small door and window, mounted on a post in front of a stone wall. Green foliage and a large orange pumpkin are visible, suggesting a fall or Halloween setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic, mid-century American moment.

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: 123142369

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Kansas City home-movie cutaway useful for productions needing fall, Halloween, nursery-rhyme, or hand-painted roadside sign atmosphere.
Period detail: The hand-painted lettering, simple pumpkin motif, stone wall, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-century seasonal display reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot glance at a decorative sign rather than a staged performance or posed family scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white plank sign, red hand lettering, painted pumpkin with door and window, post, stone wall, greenery, and a large orange pumpkin edge.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated fall color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, seasonal transition, location detail, or memory beat within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows a playful seasonal display tied to the nursery-rhyme phrase Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, with no people visible in the frames.
Research note: No faces, children, or logos are visible, but reuse should still consider copyright in the sign artwork and any property-context permissions.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Kansas City 8mm pumpkin sign, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign, vintage Halloween home movie, or mid-century fall display may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then Kansas City 1959 material, then other 1950s fall, Halloween, handmade sign, or nursery-rhyme display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City 8mm frame showing a hand-painted Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign in front of a stone wall and greenery. — Hand-painted Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign with pumpkin motif, stone wall, and foliage.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame of the Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign, with red lettering and a painted pumpkin doorway motif. — The sign’s red lettering and central painted pumpkin are framed against stone and greenery.

1959 Kansas City 8mm still showing the seasonal Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign mounted on a post before a stone wall. — Seasonal sign on a post, with a painted pumpkin house and red hand lettering.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame of the decorative Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater sign, softened by 8mm grain and handheld framing. — The final frame holds on the hand-painted nursery-rhyme sign and pumpkin decoration.

Visually Similar Clips