Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Goldfish Swimming in Aquarium

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

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Goldfish Swimming in Aquarium — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Cheyenne County Kansas in 1958 captures a goldfish swimming in a dimly lit aquarium. The fish, with its orange and white scales, moves gracefully past a textured, yellowish rock formation and a dark wooden-like structure. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, soft focus, and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic, intimate home movie feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the fish's gentle movements in the dark tank.

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: 125881034

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 8mm aquarium footage for productions needing a quiet domestic cutaway, animal insert, or period home-movie texture.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century home aquarium with a goldfish, yellowish tank ornament, dark backing, and warm 8mm color rendition.
Home-movie behavior: The steady close framing suggests an unstaged home-movie attempt to record a household fish moving through its tank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange-and-white goldfish, rippling fins, a yellow rock-like ornament, dark tank background, horizontal tank structure, and soft reflections.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm color shifts, low aquarium exposure, and slight blur that fit scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, pause between family scenes, domestic memory beat, or visual metaphor for quiet interior life.
Historical context: As a home-movie aquarium view, it reflects private leisure recording and household pet imagery without showing identifiable people or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any location or property context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm goldfish aquarium, Kansas home movie fish tank, vintage pet footage, and dim aquarium cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 material, then broader 1950s home aquarium or pet footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame of a goldfish passing a yellow rock-like ornament inside a dim aquarium. — Goldfish swims past a yellow tank ornament against a dark aquarium background.

Goldfish with orange, white, and dark scales moves beside the yellow aquarium ornament in the 1958 Kansas home movie frame. — The fish turns in the tank, its pale side catching light near the ornament.

Dim 8mm aquarium frame from 1958 Kansas showing the goldfish close to a yellow ornament, with motion blur on its fins. — Goldfish moves close to the tank ornament as the low light softens detail.

Final 1958 Kansas aquarium frame with the goldfish crossing low in the dark tank beside the yellow rock-like ornament. — The fish passes low across the frame beside the yellow aquarium ornament.

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