Saint Louis Missouri-1959: A Seated Man Dressed In A Suit And Tie Smoking A Cigar And Using A Rotary Phone

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Saint Louis Missouri

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A Seated Man Dressed In A Suit And Tie Smoking A Cigar... — Clip Details

SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI-1959: A man in a suit and tie sits at a desk, smoking a cigar and speaking into a rotary telephone in a dimly lit office. The grainy 8mm film captures the vintage atmosphere of a mid-century workplace, with another person visible in the background. The footage shows a man engaged in a phone conversation, his hand gesturing as he speaks, while the camera remains stationary, focusing on the interaction. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century business life and personal communication.

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: 124561041

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: Yes
Minors 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: Saint Louis, 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 office, telephone, smoking, and mid-century business-life sequences needing real 8mm home-movie texture.
Period detail: The rotary telephone, suit and tie, desk setup, and dim private office interior support a late-1950s workplace reading.
Home-movie behavior: The seated man appears casually observed during a phone call, with a second person nearby and no staged performance visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, cigar, rotary telephone, desk, wall signs or papers, interior doorway, shelves, and another person in the background.
Film character: The clip has high-grain black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and a stationary home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert or cutaway for office communication, business memory, smoking culture, or pre-digital telephone use.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects mid-century office communication and indoor workplace habits, including telephone conversation and cigar smoking.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property review may be needed apart from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Saint Louis office footage, man using rotary telephone, cigar smoking at desk, and real 8mm business interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel office interiors, then Saint Louis 1959 material, then broader 1950s telephone or workplace scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a dim Saint Louis office setting from 1959, a suited man sits at a desk with a telephone receiver near his face. — A suited man sits at a desk during a telephone call in a dim office interior.

A 1959 Saint Louis office view shows a seated man at a desk with another person visible near shelves or a cabinet. — The office scene widens to show a second person in the background near storage or shelving.

The suited man gestures from his desk in the Saint Louis office, with another person still visible near the back wall. — A seated man gestures during the office interaction while the background figure remains nearby.

The final frame shows the seated man turned toward the office interior, with a second person partly visible in the background. — The man remains seated at the desk as the office background and second figure stay in view.

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