Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: A White Goose Swims At Night Under A Light Followed

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

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A White Goose Swims At Night Under A Light Followed — Clip Details

A white goose is filmed at night in Cheyenne County, Kansas, 1958, its yellow bill and white feathers sharply contrasted against a dark background. The 8mm home movie captures the bird in close-up, its head tilted upward as it stands or swims under a single light source. The footage shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color shift of vintage Super 8 film. In the final frame, the goose is seen behind a chain-link fence, suggesting a rural or farm setting. The clip offers a rare, intimate look at wildlife in a nostalgic, low-light environment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125880883

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: Useful for 1950s rural Kansas or home-movie productions needing a brief nocturnal waterfowl cutaway with an intimate, amateur-filmed feel.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to 8mm color stock, close night lighting, and a chain-link fence that may show a mid-century rural or farm setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the unstaged value of someone filming a nearby goose at close range, lingering on its bill, neck, and movement under available light.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white goose, yellow-orange bill, dark background, close artificial light, soft focus, film grain, and a chain-link fence in the final frame.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, low-light contrast, slight handheld drift, soft focus, and color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal insert, nocturnal rural cutaway, memory beat, or visual transition within farm, wildlife, or Kansas home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The frames suggest casual observation of domestic or local wildlife rather than a staged wildlife study, with rural context implied mainly by the fence and metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property or animal-use context should still be reviewed before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Kansas 8mm goose footage, white waterfowl at night, rural home movie animal cutaway, and vintage farm wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cheyenne County 1958 material, then broader 1950s rural animal or waterfowl footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1958 Kansas 8mm view of a white goose with a yellow-orange bill lit against darkness. — A white goose is filmed in close-up under night lighting.

The goose turns in profile with its bill catching the light.

Low-light 8mm frame of a white goose turning its head, with white feathers fading into the dark background. — A soft, handheld frame catches the goose mid-turn.

Final 1958 Kansas frame shows a chain-link fence and dark vegetation, with the goose partly visible near the lower edge. — The view shifts to a chain-link fence with the bird partly obscured behind it.

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