Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: A Duck Behind a Chain-Link Fence

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

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A Duck Behind a Chain-Link Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a duck behind a chain-link fence in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows the bird moving within a confined outdoor enclosure, its feathers appearing mottled brown and white under natural light. The chain-link pattern dominates the foreground, creating a visual barrier between the viewer and the animal. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This candid moment offers a glimpse into mid-century rural life and animal care.

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: 125880884

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 home-movie requests needing a brief animal enclosure cutaway or visual barrier detail from Kansas footage.
Period detail: The chain-link fencing, outdoor pen, and color 8mm home-movie look support a mid-century domestic or rural animal-care setting without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close to the fence as a casual observer records a duck moving behind the enclosure rather than staging an animal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a duck, chain-link fence, shaded enclosure, mottled feathers, dark ground cover, sunlit patches, and soft foliage beyond the fence.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and slight handheld motion across the short animal view.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or visual metaphor for enclosure, separation, rural care, or everyday home-movie observation.
Historical context: The footage offers a small domestic-animal detail within a 1958 Kansas home-movie context, showing how ordinary outdoor spaces were recorded by amateur filmmakers.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Kansas 8mm duck footage, chain-link animal pen, rural home movie animal cutaway, or vintage enclosed duck scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Cheyenne County Kansas material, then with rural animal, farmyard, or enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A duck stands behind chain-link fencing in 1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas home-movie footage, with mottled feathers partly hidden by the fence. — A duck is seen through a chain-link fence inside a shaded outdoor pen.

The chain-link pattern dominates the foreground while the duck remains in shadow inside the outdoor enclosure in Kansas home-movie footage. — The fence pattern fills the frame as the duck remains partly hidden in shadow.

A closer 8mm view shows the duck’s mottled body behind blue-green chain-link fencing in the outdoor enclosure. — The duck shifts behind the fence, with mottled feathers visible near the lower frame.

The duck remains behind the fence at the end of the 1958 Kansas clip, with white feather patches visible through the chain links. — White feather patches stand out as the duck remains inside the fenced enclosure.

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