Saint Francis Kansas-1958: Moms Prepare To Serve The Meal

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

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Moms Prepare To Serve The Meal — Clip Details

SAINT FRANCIS KANSAS-1958: Two women in vintage 1950s attire, one in a black dress and the other in a red collared dress, smile as they carry trays of food through a doorway. The scene captures a warm, domestic moment of meal preparation, with the woman in red holding a large roasted bird. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and authentic film grain, evoking a nostalgic, home movie feel. The setting appears to be a modest home with white siding and a green-framed door. The clip transitions to two men in casual 1950s clothing, one in a plaid shirt and hat, standing outside, suggesting a family gathering or community event. The overall mood is cheerful and authentic, capturing a slice of mid-century American 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: 125881423

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.

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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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a domestic meal-preparation or family-gathering moment in small-town Kansas.
Period detail: The clothing, trays of food, painted siding, green door trim, and casual men's shirts may show late-1950s American home and family gathering details.
Home-movie behavior: The people smile, carry food, and talk casually toward one another, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie record of shared meal preparation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women with serving trays, a roasted bird, a doorway, white siding, green trim, two men outside, a hat, plaid shirt, and laundry on a line.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, gate marks, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century family meals, holiday food preparation, or rural domestic life.
Historical context: The scene documents people moving food outdoors near a modest home, suggesting a family or community meal without proving the occasion or relationship among participants.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to normal copyright and source-rights checks.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Kansas home movie meal preparation, 1950s family gathering food service, 8mm women carrying trays, and Saint Francis Kansas domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Francis Kansas 1958 clips, then broader 1950s family meal and outdoor gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Saint Francis, Kansas home-movie footage from 1958, two women in dark and red clothing carry serving trays near a green-trimmed doorway. — Two women step through a doorway with plates and a large tray of food.

The 1958 Kansas home-movie frame shows two women outside a white-sided house, one holding a plate and one holding a tray with a roasted bird. — Women pause outside the doorway while carrying food for a meal.

Two men stand outside near a house wall and hanging laundry.

The final 1958 Kansas frame shows one man looking down and another in a plaid shirt and hat standing beside a clothesline outdoors. — Men gather outside beside a clothesline during the meal scene.

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