Kansas City Missouri-1959: Man Trims Hedge With Red Blooming Flowers Next To White Building

$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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Man Trims Hedge With Red Blooming Flowers Next To White... — Clip Details

A man in a white uniform and straw hat trims a hedge with red blooming flowers in front of a white Art Deco building in Kansas City, Missouri, 1959. The scene captures a sunny day with palm trees and a clear blue sky, showcasing mid-century landscaping and architectural style. Shot on 8mm film, the footage has a nostalgic, vintage quality with natural color saturation and film grain, offering a glimpse into everyday life and outdoor maintenance during the late 1950s.

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: 123144491

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: Useful for 1950s editorial sequences needing everyday outdoor maintenance, mid-century groundskeeping, or institutional building cutaways from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white streamlined building, uniformed worker, clipped flower hedge, palm trees, and saturated color stock support a late-1950s public or institutional exterior setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a man trimming a flowering hedge from a casual visitor or passerby viewpoint, then cuts wider to the building and grounds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light uniform and straw hat, hedge with red flowers, white Art Deco-style building, lawn, road edge, palm trees, blue sky, and film frame borders.
Film character: The clip has 8mm color grain, soft focus, slight exposure shifts, handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, location-establishing cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century landscaping, travel, or everyday labor.
Historical context: The footage places manual groundskeeping beside manicured plantings and a modern white building, offering visual context for mid-century outdoor maintenance and built environments.
Research note: A visible adult worker may raise likeness considerations, and the identifiable building or grounds should be reviewed separately from copyright status before commercial use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 8mm man trimming hedge, Kansas City white building exterior, mid-century landscaping footage, and home movie palm trees may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Kansas City or 1959 exteriors, then broader 1950s landscaping, buildings, travel, or maintenance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Kansas City footage, a man in a light uniform and straw hat trims a hedge with red flowers in front of a white building. — A groundskeeper trims a flowering hedge outside a white building.

A man continues trimming a red-flowering hedge outside a white mid-century building in the Kansas City 1959 clip. — The worker stands at the hedge line with the white building behind him.

A wider 1959 Kansas City view shows a white building, palm trees, lawns, and blue sky on color 8mm film. — A wider exterior view shows the building and landscaped grounds.

The clip ends on a broad exterior view of palm trees, lawn, and the white building, with 8mm film borders visible. — Palm trees frame the white building across the landscaped grounds.

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