Saint Francis Kansas-1958: A Woman Cooks and a Man Smiles in a Dim Kitchen

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

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A Woman Cooks and a Man Smiles in a Dim Kitchen — Clip Details

SAINT FRANCIS KANSAS-1958: A woman in a red shirt and patterned apron washes dishes in a dimly lit kitchen, her hands moving over a sink. The scene shifts to a man in a light shirt and glasses, smiling as he holds a glass, while another person in a red shirt stands beside him. The grainy 8mm film captures the warm, nostalgic atmosphere of a 1950s American household, with vintage kitchenware and a checkered curtain visible in the background. The footage exudes a candid, home movie charm, offering a glimpse into everyday domestic 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: 125881478

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: Yes
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 domestic-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie kitchen activity, informal family interaction, or an everyday household cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1950s kitchen with a patterned apron, wall-mounted work area, sink, household containers, and warm interior lighting consistent with home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged domestic behavior: a woman works at the sink and handles food or dishes while a man nearby smiles toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in a small kitchen, a patterned apron, sink area, food or dish handling, bottles, a countertop container, glasses, and dim household walls.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, warm color cast, soft focus, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that preserve the texture of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, family-memory beat, kitchen cutaway, or transition into a sequence about everyday mid-century household routines.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for private household labor and casual family presence in Saint Francis, Kansas, without supporting broader claims beyond the visible interior scene.
Research note: People, a private interior, and possible product packaging are visible, so likeness, property, and trademark review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Saint Francis Kansas home movie, 1950s kitchen footage, woman washing dishes, family cooking scene, and 8mm domestic interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Saint Francis material, then broader 1950s home-kitchen and family domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a dim Saint Francis, Kansas kitchen, a man in glasses looks toward the camera while another adult in red bends or turns beside him. — A man in glasses looks toward the camera in a dark kitchen interior.

A woman in a red shirt and patterned apron stands at a kitchen sink in this 1958 Saint Francis, Kansas home-movie frame. — A woman works at the sink, with bottles and kitchen containers on the counter.

The woman in a patterned apron handles food or dishes over the sink, with kitchen containers and cookware visible nearby. — Hands move over the sink as the woman handles food or dishes in the kitchen.

A woman in a red shirt and patterned apron lifts a pale piece of food or dish in the Saint Francis kitchen interior. — The woman raises an item near the sink as the handheld camera stays close.

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