Denver Colorado-1958: Man Reading Plaque at Geographic Center of the United States

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDenver, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

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Man Reading Plaque at Geographic Center of the United States — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored short-sleeve shirt and trousers examines a plaque mounted on a stone wall at the Geographic Center of the United States. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, the footage captures the man leaning in to read the inscription, with a close-up revealing the plaque's text and coordinates. The scene has a nostalgic, documentary feel with natural lighting and authentic film grain, offering a glimpse into mid-century Americana and historical tourism.

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: 123603760

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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 home-movie requests involving American roadside tourism, geographic markers, commemorative plaques, and documentary cutaways to mid-century travel behavior.
Period detail: The man's short-sleeve shirt, belted trousers, stone-mounted plaque, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s visitor-shot travel scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged act of a visitor leaning in to read and inspect a public plaque at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt, a stone wall, a dark metal plaque, engraved coordinates, sunlight, hard shadows, and nearby greenery.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and contact-print softness that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel-memory cutaway, or contextual beat before or after broader Americana or road-trip footage.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century public-marker tourism and a visitor's interest in geographic identity without proving a specific trip itinerary beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review; the public plaque text may aid identification, but copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 8mm Colorado travel footage, man reading geographic center plaque, mid-century Americana marker, and home movie roadside monument.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Denver or 1958 travel material, then with public plaques, monuments, and American roadside tourism.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm frame of a man leaning close to read a dark plaque on a stone wall, with greenery at the edge of the shot. — A visitor leans in to examine the mounted plaque.

A man in light clothing studies the Geographic Center plaque on a stone wall in a 1958 home-movie frame. — The visitor continues reading the plaque at close range.

Close 8mm view of the Geographic Center of the United States plaque with coordinates and a small map panel visible. — The camera moves close enough to show the plaque title and layout.

Close 1958 frame of the Geographic Center plaque, showing engraved title text, coordinates, map panel, and stone surround. — The plaque fills the frame, showing its title and engraved details.

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