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, 1958, showing a single orange and white goldfish swimming in a dimly lit aquarium. The fish glides through dark water, its bright colors contrasting with the shadowy background and a textured yellowish decoration. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and warm color tones, capturing a quiet, nostalgic moment of domestic life. This authentic archival film is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125881042

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 domestic-life requests needing a quiet aquarium cutaway from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show a dim home aquarium and soft 8mm color that support the supplied 1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas context without adding identifiable household detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a single goldfish swimming slowly, preserving an unstaged household moment rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange-and-white goldfish, dark aquarium water, a yellow textured tank ornament, shadowed glass edges, and soft reflected highlights.
Film character: The clip carries warm 8mm color, visible grain, low-light exposure, and soft focus that give the aquarium scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, pause, transition, or memory beat within sequences about home interiors, pets, childhood, or quiet domestic time.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-scale domestic leisure through an aquarium view, with no visible people, signage, brands, or public landmarks in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm goldfish aquarium footage, 1950s home movie pet fish, dim tank cutaway, and vintage domestic animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cheyenne County 1958 home-movie material, then broader 1950s domestic pet or aquarium scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame from Cheyenne County, Kansas, showing a goldfish moving through dark aquarium water near a yellow ornament. — A goldfish swims past a yellow aquarium decoration in low light.

1958 Cheyenne County 8mm frame showing an orange-and-white goldfish gliding across a shadowy home aquarium. — The goldfish passes in front of the dark tank background.

1958 8mm frame from Cheyenne County, Kansas, with the goldfish low in the tank and softened by motion blur and grain. — The fish dips lower in the aquarium, its fins blurred by movement.

1958 Cheyenne County home-movie frame showing the goldfish nearer the camera, with bright orange coloring against dark water. — The goldfish turns near the camera, bright against the dark aquarium.

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