Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Goldfish Swimming In A Dark Tank With Shipwreck Decoration

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

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Goldfish Swimming In A Dark Tank With Shipwreck Decoration — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures goldfish swimming in a dark aquarium. The warm orange and yellow hues of the fish contrast sharply with the deep shadows, creating a moody, intimate atmosphere. A textured yellow decoration resembling a shipwreck stands in the background, adding a whimsical touch to the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movies from the era. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 125881046

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 home-movie aquarium footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing a quiet cutaway of goldfish in a dark tank.
Period detail: The frames show goldfish, a dark aquarium, and a yellow shipwreck-like ornament, with the 1958 Kansas context supported by clip metadata rather than visible location clues.
Home-movie behavior: The short, close view has the unstaged feel of a home-movie camera lingering on pet fish as they drift through a dimly lit tank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include orange and white goldfish, dark water, horizontal tank structure, a yellow wreck-like decoration, soft shadows, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries dense grain, warm color bias, deep underexposure, soft focus, and motion blur that give the aquarium scene a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway for domestic life, pets, aquariums, or mid-century home footage.
Historical context: The clip offers a small domestic detail from a 1958 home-movie reel, showing aquarium fish as a household subject without making broader claims beyond the visible scene.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any aquarium-property context should be checked before final use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm goldfish aquarium, vintage home movie fish tank, dark aquarium cutaway, and mid-century pet fish footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 material, then related home-movie clips of pets, aquariums, water, or domestic interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame of orange and white goldfish moving through a dim aquarium with a yellow wreck-like decoration behind them. — Goldfish pass in front of a yellow aquarium ornament in a dark tank.

Goldfish blur together while swimming near a yellow shipwreck-like ornament in a dark 1958 Kansas aquarium scene. — Motion-blurred goldfish gather near the tank decoration.

A dim 8mm frame shows goldfish crossing the lower part of the aquarium below a yellow wreck-like decoration. — Goldfish move through the lower foreground of the dark aquarium.

Orange and white goldfish swim across the frame in a dark aquarium, with a yellow shipwreck-like ornament visible behind them. — Goldfish cross the tank as the yellow ornament remains in the background.

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