Kansas USA-1964: Panning On People In Their Cars During A Traffic Jam

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationKansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Kansas

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Panning On People In Their Cars During A Traffic Jam — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a traffic jam in Kansas, USA. The camera pans across a line of classic American cars from the mid-1960s, showing drivers and passengers in their vehicles. A man in a white shirt is visible in one car, while another person wearing sunglasses appears in a light-colored sedan. The footage features the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film, with a mix of dark and light-colored cars packed tightly together, conveying a sense of everyday life and transportation in the 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 124874803

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: 1964 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, 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 archival requests needing 1960s U.S. roadway congestion, everyday car travel, or Kansas home-movie transportation footage for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible sedans, station wagons, chrome trim, and boxy mid-century car bodies support the 1964 metadata and may show typical American traffic conditions of the early-to-mid 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside or vehicle-adjacent perspective, observing drivers and passengers waiting in closely packed cars during an ordinary traffic slowdown.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of classic cars, partial driver and passenger faces, a raised hand near a car roof, windshield reflections, window frames, and dense parked-or-stalled traffic.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, cool color shifts, handheld panning, and exposure variation that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat to establish 1960s automobile culture, travel delay, or everyday public life.
Historical context: The footage documents routine car-centered mobility through tightly spaced vehicles and occupants seen through windows, without providing enough visual evidence to identify a specific road, event, or cause of the jam.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos, obvious private property, or audible music are indicated by the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1964 Kansas traffic jam 8mm footage, 1960s American cars home movie, vintage roadway congestion, and people in cars archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kansas or 1964 home-movie travel footage, and then broader 1960s transportation or classic-car traffic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kansas home-movie frame showing tightly packed classic American cars, windshields, and chrome trim viewed through dark foreground bars or window edges. — Traffic jam viewed through foreground framing.

1964 Kansas traffic frame with a light-colored sedan in the foreground, a sunglasses-wearing occupant visible through the window, and more cars packed behind it. — Occupant in sunglasses amid stopped cars.

1964 Kansas home-movie frame showing a raised hand beside or above a car roof, with tightly grouped mid-century vehicles filling the background. — Hand near car roof in dense traffic.

1964 Kansas traffic frame showing a close foreground car windshield, chrome roofline, window reflections, and additional stalled cars behind it. — Close car windshield in traffic.

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