Kansas City Missouri-1959: A View Of A 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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A View Of A Decorated Christmas Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a close-up view of a heavily decorated Christmas tree in Kansas City, Missouri. The tree is adorned with colorful glass ornaments, tinsel, and string lights, showcasing classic mid-century holiday decor. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and warm, slightly faded colors typical of Super 8 home movies. A dark curtain is visible in the background, suggesting an indoor living room setting. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a family's holiday celebration from the late 1950s.

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: 123147973

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American holiday home-movie requests needing an indoor Christmas tree cutaway or domestic seasonal detail.
Period detail: The silver tinsel, glass ornaments, string lights, and heavy curtain may show mid-century Christmas decorating styles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip offers an unstaged family-home view focused on the tree rather than people or ceremony.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a decorated Christmas tree, silver tinsel, colored ornaments, string lights, a dark curtain, pale wall, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and slight frame instability typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a holiday insert, nostalgic transition, domestic memory beat, or seasonal establishing cutaway.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private indoor Christmas display in Kansas City, Missouri, with no visible people or identifiable public event.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the private interior and holiday decor should still be reviewed for property and copyright context.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Kansas City Christmas tree, 1950s home movie holiday decor, 8mm tinsel ornaments, and vintage indoor Christmas may match.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 Kansas City family footage, then related 1950s Christmas and holiday interior clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a decorated Christmas tree with silver tinsel, colored ornaments, and a dark curtain behind it. — A close view of the upper portion of a heavily decorated Christmas tree.

1959 Kansas City frame showing the top of a tinsel-covered Christmas tree with colored baubles, lights, curtain, and wall behind it. — The camera holds on the upper tree, with ornaments and tinsel catching the light.

1959 Kansas City home-movie still showing a decorated Christmas tree with dense silver tinsel, glass ornaments, and indoor curtains. — A mid-frame view of the decorated tree shows tinsel, ornaments, and soft home-movie color.

1959 Kansas City frame with a fuller view of the indoor Christmas tree, covered in silver tinsel, colored ornaments, and small lights. — A wider view shows the tree filling the frame against a curtain and pale wall.

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