Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Emu in Wire Enclosure

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

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Emu in Wire Enclosure — Clip Details

CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie clip featuring a classic 'THE END' title card in elegant script, followed by footage of a large emu walking within a wire enclosure. The grainy, sepia-toned film captures the bird's dark feathers and long neck as it moves across a grassy area. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading typical of 1950s home movies, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 8mm film captures a quiet moment of rural life and animal observation.

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: 125880814

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 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: 1950s Kansas 8mm home-movie material suited to requests for rural animal enclosures, zoo-like bird footage, or a vintage end-title transition.
Period detail: The clip shows a mid-century home-movie end title and a large flightless bird behind wire fencing, with the 1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas setting supported by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a casual observer's view, first on the title card and then on the bird moving inside its enclosure without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a scripted THE END card, dark landscape artwork, wire fencing, grass, posts, a large dark-feathered bird, and soft 8mm color fading.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture from a 1950s home movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an ending card, a transition into animal-observation material, or a brief rural memory beat within a family-film sequence.
Historical context: The frames suggest informal mid-century animal viewing or farm-area observation, but the exact facility or ownership of the enclosure is not identifiable from the images.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or readable logos are visible, though copyright status and any property or animal-location rights should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search language includes 1958 Kansas 8mm home movie end title, large bird behind fence, emu or ostrich enclosure, and rural animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring reel shots from the same home movie, then other 1958 Cheyenne County Kansas scenes, then broader 1950s animal-enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame showing a scripted THE END title card over a dark landscape-style background. — A vintage THE END title card fills the frame.

1958 Cheyenne County home-movie frame with THE END lettering in bold script against a dark background. — The end-title card remains on screen in a second frame.

1958 Kansas home-movie frame showing a large dark-feathered bird behind wire fencing in a grassy enclosure. — A large bird stands behind wire fencing in the enclosure.

1958 Cheyenne County frame showing a large flightless bird moving within a wire-fenced grassy enclosure. — The bird moves across the fenced grassy area.

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