Cheyenne County Kansas-1959: Rural Intersection With Stop Sign And Highway 40/13

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCheyenne, Kansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Rural Intersection With Stop Sign And Highway 40/13 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a quiet rural intersection in Cheyenne County, Kansas. A classic red octagonal stop sign stands at the crossroads, surrounded by grassy fields under a pale blue sky. The footage shows a highway sign for routes 40 and 13, with a vintage truck passing in the distance. The grainy, slightly faded color and film scratches are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the late 1950s, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American roads and small-town 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: 125882052

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1959 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary requests needing rural Kansas road infrastructure, highway signage, or quiet mid-century travel cutaways.
Period detail: The red stop sign, U.S. 40 shield, route 13 marker, open roadside fields, and distant truck support a late-1950s rural highway setting.
Home-movie behavior: The brief roadside view feels like a traveler filming from near a rural junction rather than a staged traffic or road survey scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stop sign, highway route signs, paved roadway, grassy shoulders, open fields, roadside posts, pale sky, and a distant truck.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate marks, scratches, and slight exposure variation consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, road-trip cutaway, or place-setting beat for rural Midwest movement.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a small rural intersection and posted route directions in Cheyenne County, Kansas, without showing identifiable people or buildings.
Research note: No people are visible, but highway shields and public road signs should still be reviewed for editorial context, copyright, and trademark-like identification concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm rural Kansas intersection, Highway 40 route sign, vintage stop sign, mid-century road travel, and home movie truck cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then Cheyenne County or 1959 Kansas material, then broader rural roads, highway signage, and mid-century travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm view of a rural Cheyenne County, Kansas intersection with a red stop sign, roadway, grassy shoulder, and pale sky. — A red stop sign stands at a quiet rural junction with fields beyond.

Closer 1959 rural Kansas roadside frame showing a red stop sign, paved junction, grass verge, and distant route markers. — The camera lingers on the stop sign and rural road approach.

1959 Cheyenne County, Kansas frame with U.S. 40 and route 13 signs, directional arrows, open fields, and a distant truck. — Route signs for 40 and 13 mark directions along the rural roadway.

1959 rural Kansas highway-sign view with route 40 and 13 markers, arrow signs, roadside posts, and a truck beyond the signpost. — A truck passes beyond the route markers at the rural intersection.

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