Kansas City Missouri-1959: A Speed Boat Takes Off Across The Lake Near Teen Club

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

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A Speed Boat Takes Off Across The Lake Near Teen Club — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Kansas City, Missouri. The footage opens with a wide view of a calm blue lake under a partly cloudy sky, where a speedboat or jet ski creates a white wake as it accelerates across the water. The scene transitions to a low-slung, light-colored building with a sign reading 'TEEN CLUB' on the lakeshore, surrounded by sparse landscaping and palm trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color shifts, and visible grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American leisure and architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123144628

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing lakeside leisure, small-boat motion, and mid-century teen-club exterior context.
Period detail: The low lakeside building, simple sign, sparse landscaping, and soft color 8mm photography support a late-1950s leisure setting without identifying a specific venue beyond the supplied Kansas City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, moving from open water and a speeding boat to a casual look at a lakeshore teen club building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, distant shoreline, a white boat wake, partly cloudy sky, a low light-colored building, a Teen Club sign, sparse grass, and a lakeside road.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, recreational cutaway, or transition between water activity and youth-oriented lakeside architecture.
Historical context: The scene visually connects mid-century recreational boating with a modest lakeshore teen club exterior, suggesting everyday community leisure rather than a staged event.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable Teen Club sign and exterior property context should be reviewed separately from copyright and source-film licensing.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1959 8mm Kansas City lake footage, vintage speedboat on lake, mid-century teen club exterior, and home movie lakeside building.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake or building shots, then Kansas City 1959 material, then broader 1950s boating, youth club, and American leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a blue lake, distant shore, partly cloudy sky, and a small speedboat wake. — A small boat cuts across the lake in a wide home-movie view of water and distant shoreline.

1959 Kansas City lakeside frame showing a low light-colored building, closed windows, sparse landscaping, and water behind it. — The camera turns toward a low building set near the water with grass and a path in front.

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame of a lakeside building with a readable Teen Club sign, shuttered windows, and lake beyond. — A Teen Club sign appears on the side of the low lakeside building overlooking the water.

1959 Kansas City frame showing the Teen Club building beside a lake, with a road, utility pole, and distant shoreline visible. — The teen club exterior is framed with the lake and distant shore behind it.

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