Saint Francis Kansas-1958: Man Tilling Garden at Night

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

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Man Tilling Garden at Night — Clip Details

A shirtless man operates a small red tiller in a garden plot at night in Saint Francis, Kansas, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man working the soil in front of a modest house with dark green foliage. The grainy, low-light quality and warm color tones evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the late 1950s. The scene reflects rural domestic life and manual labor in a quiet suburban setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125881193

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: 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 domestic-life requests needing real 8mm footage of nighttime yard work, gardening labor, or small-scale home maintenance in rural Kansas.
Period detail: The modest house, hand-guided garden tiller, casual shirtless work clothes, and low-light home-movie exposure may show late-1950s residential routines.
Home-movie behavior: The clip observes an adult man continuing practical garden work at night, an unstaged domestic task recorded from a quiet home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man, red walk-behind tiller, garden soil, tall dark foliage, a light-colored house, small windows, and deep nighttime shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, warm color, dark exposure, and slight frame instability that give the scene tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for rural domestic labor, gardening, or after-hours household work.
Historical context: The footage places manual garden work beside a modest residence, suggesting everyday household maintenance rather than a public or commercial setting.
Research note: An adult person and exterior residential property are visible, so likeness and property context may require review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Saint Francis Kansas 8mm home movie, shirtless man tilling garden at night, vintage garden tiller, and rural domestic labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Francis 1958 material, then broader 1950s gardening, yard work, and home labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Saint Francis, Kansas, 1958, a shirtless man guides a red tiller through a dark garden beside a light-colored house. — A man begins tilling a nighttime garden plot beside a modest house.

The man continues using a small red tiller in a low-lit garden area in Saint Francis, Kansas, with the house wall behind him. — The tiller moves across the garden as the house remains in the background.

A 1958 home-movie frame shows the man standing behind the tiller, working soil near dense foliage and a modest Kansas house. — The operator pauses or adjusts his pace while tilling the garden soil.

At the end of the clip, the man bends toward the red tiller in the dark garden, with the house exterior and foliage behind him. — The man bends over the tiller, possibly adjusting or steadying the machine.

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