Cheyenne County Kansas-1958: Man in White Shirt Smokes Cigarette on Porch

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

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Man in White Shirt Smokes Cigarette on Porch — Clip Details

CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS-1958: A man in a white t-shirt stands beside another man seated on a porch, extending his hand in a gesture. The standing man appears to be smoking a cigarette, with the scene captured on 8mm film. The footage shows a casual, intimate moment between two men, with a dark interior and a bright, overexposed sky in the background. The image has a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture typical of vintage home movies from the late 1950s. The setting appears to be a rural home, with a fence visible in the distance. The interaction suggests a moment of conversation or comfort, with the standing man leaning toward the seated man in a supportive manner. The overall mood is nostalgic and candid, capturing a slice of everyday life from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125881051

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 Kansas home-movie requests needing a brief candid porch interaction between adult men for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The white T-shirt, dark trousers, porch chair, wire fencing, and saturated 8mm color may show everyday rural domestic life in Cheyenne County, Kansas in 1958.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged porch moment as one standing man smokes and gestures near a seated man, suggesting casual conversation or companionship.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a white shirt, a cigarette, a porch doorway, a seated figure, a chair, wire fencing, and bright open sky.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm home-movie texture with handheld framing, deep shadow, bright sky exposure, and a strong purple color cast from aged film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural-life cutaway, interpersonal memory beat, or transition within a 1950s family or community sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal outdoor domestic space and male social interaction without supporting claims about the men's identities or relationship.
Research note: Faces and likenesses are visible, so copyright status should be considered separately from any privacy, likeness, or property permissions needed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Kansas 8mm porch scene, rural home movie men smoking, midcentury family footage, and Cheyenne County Kansas home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Cheyenne County Kansas 1958 clips, then with rural porch, family, smoking, or everyday-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas 8mm frame showing a standing man in a white shirt near a seated man on a porch, with fence and bright sky behind them. — A standing man gestures near a seated man on a shaded rural porch.

In this 1958 Kansas home-movie frame, a man in a white shirt appears to smoke while standing beside a seated man in porch shade. — The standing man appears to smoke while the seated man looks downward.

1958 Cheyenne County, Kansas frame with a man in a white shirt standing by a porch opening and another man seated in shadow beside him. — The standing figure faces the porch while the seated man remains in shadow.

The 1958 Kansas 8mm frame shows the standing man at the doorway area while the seated man turns his face upward on the porch. — The seated man turns toward the standing man near the doorway.

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