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Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: One Windy Day And The Trees Are Swaying Hard

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCheyenne, Kansas, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Kansas
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One Windy Day And The Trees Are Swaying Hard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a windy day in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows trees with autumn-colored leaves swaying vigorously against a deep blue sky, their branches moving sharply in the wind. Bare tree limbs frame the scene, and power lines stretch across the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. The final frame reveals a Conoco gas station, grounding the scene in a specific time and place. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125879964

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • People visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: Yes
  • 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
1958 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Cheyenne, Kansas, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

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  • cheyenne county kansas
  • 1958
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  • autumn foliage
  • Super 8 home movie
  • classic American scene
  • retro film
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  • mid-century America
  • power lines
  • Conoco gas station
  • film grain
  • nostalgic trees
  • 1950s Americana
  • outdoor scene
  • nature footage
  • vintage color film
  • historical footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s rural Kansas or Midwestern weather cutaways, especially documentary inserts needing windblown trees and a brief roadside service-station reference.
Period detail
The footage shows mature roadside trees, overhead utility lines, autumn color, and a visible Conoco station sign that supports a mid-century roadside setting.
Home-movie behavior
The short handheld view feels like an unstaged home-movie observation of weather and surroundings rather than a planned scenic composition.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include swaying leafy trees, bare branches, a deep blue sky, overhead power lines, a low service-station roofline, windows, columns, and red Conoco lettering.
Film character
The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight frame instability that give the weather scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a windy-day insert, rural-town transition, roadside cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1950s Americana sequence.
Historical context
The clip visually connects natural weather conditions with a small-town roadside commercial setting without showing people, traffic, or a broader street scene.
Research note
No people are visible, but the Conoco branding should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness, and any property-related considerations.
Research search match
1958 8mm Kansas home movie windy trees, Cheyenne County autumn trees, mid-century roadside gas station cutaway, Conoco sign archival footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Cheyenne County or 1958 Kansas material, then broader 1950s windy-weather or roadside Americana scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas home-movie frame showing windblown autumn trees, bare limbs, and faint overhead lines.
Wind moves autumn trees beneath a dark blue sky.
Windy 1958 Kansas tree view with reddish foliage, dark bare limbs, blue sky, and utility lines in the background.
Branches and treetops sway in a windy outdoor view.
Roadside frame in Cheyenne County, Kansas showing part of a Conoco station sign, roofline, windows, and trees above.
A Conoco station edge appears beneath windblown trees.
1958 roadside station view with red Conoco lettering, glass windows, white columns, and dark tree branches overhead.
The final frame reveals a branded roadside service station.

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