Kansas City Missouri-1959: Man On Floor Surrounded By Uniformed Officers

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

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Man On Floor Surrounded By Uniformed Officers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this grainy home movie captures a tense moment aboard a ship or industrial vessel. Several men in blue uniforms stand around a person lying on the floor, while one man in a dark cap kneels beside them, appearing to assist or restrain. The scene unfolds in a confined, metallic space with industrial equipment visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—color shifts, grain, and a slightly warped frame—evoking a raw, unfiltered slice of mid-century American life. The mood is serious and urgent, suggesting a medical emergency or an arrest.

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: 123143158

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 documentary or education edits needing brief, tense home-movie footage of uniformed men gathered around a person on a floor.
Period detail: The blue uniforms, caps, heavy metal fixtures, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century shipboard or industrial setting in Kansas City, Missouri.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the handheld, bystander view of an unresolved incident, with people reacting around a person who appears to be down on the floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed men, a person on the floor, a kneeling man in a dark cap, coiled rope or hose, metal columns, and rounded industrial equipment.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that preserve the immediacy of a home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, tension cutaway, or evidentiary memory beat in sequences about authority, emergencies, or industrial spaces.
Historical context: The footage shows adults in uniform responding in a confined worklike space, but the visible frames do not confirm whether this is medical aid, restraint, or an arrest.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed in addition to any separate copyright assessment for the film scan.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1959 8mm footage of uniformed officers, person on floor, shipboard incident, industrial vessel, or Kansas City Missouri home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Kansas City material, then related footage of uniformed responders or industrial interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing uniformed men around a person on the floor in a confined industrial space. — Uniformed men gather near a person lying on the floor beside metal equipment.

A kneeling man in a dark cap appears to attend to or restrain a person on the floor as blue-uniformed men watch nearby. — A man kneels beside the person on the floor while others stand in the tight space.

A blue-uniformed man bends into the foreground as others stand around a person down on the floor in the 1959 home-movie scene. — A uniformed man steps in close as the group remains gathered around the person on the floor.

In a confined industrial or vessel-like area, a uniformed man leans over the person on the floor while another man stands nearby. — A uniformed man leans over the person on the floor near coiled rope and metal fixtures.

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