Saint Francis Kansas-1958: Grandfather Mowing Lawn In Suburban Neighborhood

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

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Grandfather Mowing Lawn In Suburban Neighborhood — Clip Details

A man in overalls and a cap pushes a vintage push lawnmower along a grassy edge beside a quiet residential street in Saint Francis, Kansas, in 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a nostalgic moment of suburban yard work, with a white house and parked cars visible in the background. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke a sense of mid-century Americana and everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125881173

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: Saint Francis, 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 U.S. home-movie requests needing everyday suburban yard work, family memory, or mid-century residential life inserts.
Period detail: The clip shows a manual lawnmower, overalls, cap, older parked cars, and modest residential buildings consistent with the supplied 1958 Saint Francis, Kansas metadata.
Home-movie behavior: An older man appears to work naturally at the edge of a lawn while the camera observes from a nearby home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in overalls and cap, a push lawnmower, tall grass, a quiet street, light-colored houses, parked cars, and bright midday shadows.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, slight gate marks, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic labor cutaway, neighborhood transition, rural-town memory beat, or period insert for everyday 1950s life.
Historical context: The scene documents routine residential maintenance in a small-town neighborhood, emphasizing ordinary household work rather than a staged public event.
Research note: A visible adult face and residential exteriors may require likeness and property-context review; copyright and permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1958 Kansas home movie, 8mm grandfather mowing lawn, 1950s suburban yard work, and vintage push mower street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Saint Francis or 1958 Kansas material, then broader 1950s home, lawn, and neighborhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Saint Francis, Kansas, an older man in overalls and cap mows a grassy edge near a quiet street and light-colored houses. — Man mowing tall grass along a neighborhood street edge.

The man pauses or shifts position beside a vintage push mower on a grass strip in the Saint Francis residential neighborhood. — Older man near the mower as he works along the lawn edge.

An older man in work clothes faces the home-movie camera while holding the mower handle beside a sunlit residential street. — Man facing the camera with the mower at the lawn edge.

The man walks across the grass near the mower, with Saint Francis houses and parked cars visible beyond the residential street. — Man walking through grass after mowing near the street.

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