Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Emu Behind Wire Fence

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

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Emu Behind Wire Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a close-up view of an emu behind a wire fence in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows the large bird standing in a sandy enclosure, its long neck and speckled feathers visible through the mesh. The scene unfolds on a clear day, with natural light illuminating the dusty ground and green foliage in the background. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife observation, likely at a local zoo or farm exhibit.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125880990

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 archive requests needing brief animal, zoo, farm, or roadside-attraction cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wire enclosure, sandy ground, soft color fade, and 8mm texture may show a mid-century visitor view of a captive large bird in Kansas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor pausing to film an emu through a fence during a short home-movie outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an emu or similar large bird, wire mesh, fence posts, sandy enclosure ground, sparse vegetation, and dark foliage beyond the pen.
Film character: The footage carries heavy 8mm grain, greenish color fade, soft focus, gate marks, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal cutaway, rural travel insert, zoo memory beat, or transition within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual mid-century wildlife observation, but the exact type of enclosure or attraction is not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or interiors are visible, but copyright, location, animal-use context, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 8mm emu behind fence, Kansas home movie animal enclosure, vintage zoo bird footage, and mid-century wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Cheyenne County Kansas footage, then broader 1950s animal enclosure or roadside attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

An emu or similar large bird stands behind a wire fence in 1958 Kansas home-movie footage. — Large bird seen through wire fencing in a sandy outdoor enclosure.

The bird remains near the wire fence, its long neck and body softened by 8mm grain and focus. — Close view of the bird standing near a fence post behind mesh.

A grainy 8mm frame shows the large bird partly obscured by fence wires in the outdoor enclosure. — Bird partially obscured by the fence as it stands in the enclosure.

Foreground wire mesh dominates the frame while the large bird stands beyond it in the Kansas enclosure. — Fence wires fill the foreground with the bird visible behind them.

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