Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: A Parade Float Boasts Its Miniature Church Mosaic

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationCheyenne, Kansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Kansas

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A Parade Float Boasts Its Miniature Church Mosaic — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a parade float in Cheyenne County, Kansas, featuring a detailed miniature white church with a steeple set atop a bed of dark soil. Two women sit on the float—one in a red jacket and white headscarf, the other in a green jacket and striped pants—smiling as they ride through the town. Classic American cars from the late 1950s line the street, and a banner on the float reads 'BUT THINE IN 59,' suggesting a community celebration. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 film, with a handheld camera capturing the festive, nostalgic atmosphere of a small-town parade.

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: 125880426

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: 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 (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: Cheyenne, 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 requests for late-1950s small-town Kansas parade footage, especially documentary or educational edits needing a brief community-float insert.
Period detail: The clip shows late-1950s cars, period clothing, a street parade float, and a stone storefront with an IH sign visible in metadata-supported Cheyenne County, Kansas.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld home-movie view captures women riding the float and people gathering near parked cars without staged performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a miniature white church display, dark soil or mulch on the float, seated women, classic cars, a parade banner, American flags, and a stone-front building.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color shifts, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with mid-century home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for civic celebration, rural-town life, or 1950s community rituals.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a local parade float using church imagery and patriotic flags, suggesting community identity without confirming a specific event beyond the supplied 1958 metadata.
Research note: People, faces, an IH sign, and religious imagery are visible, so likeness, trademark, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Kansas parade float, Cheyenne County home movie, 8mm small-town parade, miniature church float, and 1950s American street celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Cheyenne County or 1958 Kansas material, then with other small-town parade and civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Cheyenne County parade float with miniature white church displays, two seated women, classic cars, and partial banner text. — Women ride a float carrying miniature white church models along a street lined with parked cars.

Parade participants hold American and other flags beside a dark car outside a stone-front building with an IH sign in Cheyenne County. — Flag bearers gather near a parked car in front of a stone storefront during the parade.

Parade flag bearers stand beside a dark car near a stone storefront with an IH sign, with mid-century vehicles parked along the street. — A group with flags stands along the parade route beside parked cars and a stone building.

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