Kansas City Missouri-1959: Showing Off A Beautifully Decorated Christmas Tree

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

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Showing Off A Beautifully Decorated Christmas Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a cozy holiday scene in Kansas City, Missouri. The clip opens on a red-covered table adorned with a white ceramic Santa and a small white Christmas tree, alongside a chalkboard sign reading 'Christmas 1959'. The camera then pans to a larger, fully decorated artificial Christmas tree with colorful ornaments and tinsel, set against a backdrop of brown curtains. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a mid-century American family Christmas.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 123147960

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: No
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: Useful for 1950s American holiday home-movie requests needing an intimate domestic Christmas decoration cutaway or seasonal memory beat.
Period detail: The chalkboard reading Christmas 1959, tabletop ceramic Santa, small white tree, tinsel, ornaments, and artificial tree may show mid-century holiday decorating tastes.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera lingers on family decorations rather than people, preserving a private household's chosen Christmas display as an unstaged domestic record.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a red-covered table, chalkboard sign, ceramic Santa, small white tree, artificial Christmas tree, tinsel, colorful ornaments, curtains, and a floor lamp.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, warm color drift, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday insert, domestic transition, nostalgic cutaway, or quiet memory beat between family Christmas scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents household holiday display practices in Kansas City, Missouri, with emphasis on decorated interiors rather than public celebrations or identifiable people.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the clip shows a private interior and decorations, so property, copyright, and context review may still be needed.
Research search match: Searches for 1959 8mm Christmas tree home movie, Kansas City holiday interior footage, mid-century tinsel tree, or vintage family Christmas decorations may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kansas City or 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s Christmas interiors, decorations, and family holiday footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a red table with holiday decorations and a chalkboard marked Christmas 1959. — A tabletop holiday display introduces the Christmas 1959 setting.

Kansas City holiday interior with a decorated artificial Christmas tree, tinsel, ornaments, brown curtains, and a floor lamp. — The camera shifts from the tabletop display toward the decorated Christmas tree.

Close 1959 home-movie view of a tinsel-heavy Christmas tree with colorful ornaments against brown curtains. — Tinsel and ornaments fill the frame as the camera studies the tree.

Final Kansas City Christmas interior frame showing the decorated tree with tinsel and ornaments beside curtains and a pale wall. — The clip ends on the decorated tree as a domestic holiday cutaway.

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