Cheyenne County Kansas-1959: Driving Across Bridge With Speed Limit Sign

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

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Driving Across Bridge With Speed Limit Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a first-person view driving across a bridge in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The footage shows a two-lane road with white guardrails, vintage street lamps, and a speed limit sign indicating 'END 40 BEGIN 30'. The scene features a clear blue sky, distant industrial buildings, and scattered trees, all rendered with the characteristic grain and color shift of mid-century home movie film. The camera moves steadily forward, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1950s American infrastructure and roadside scenery.

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: 125882066

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary requests needing point-of-view driving footage over a small-town Kansas bridge or roadway.
Period detail: Visible clues include a two-lane paved bridge, white guardrails, globe-style street lamps, and a speed limit change sign reading END 40 BEGIN 30.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a passenger or driver recording ordinary travel through local infrastructure rather than a composed scenic view.
What appears in frame: The frames show a road surface, bridge railings, street lamps, a speed limit sign, distant low buildings, trees, blue sky, and visible film wear.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, grain, gate weave, vertical scratches, and mild color shift consistent with mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, location transition, roadway cutaway, or memory beat for rural and small-town movement.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday automobile travel and roadside infrastructure in Cheyenne County, Kansas, without showing identifiable people.
Research note: No people are visible, but signage and distant structures should be reviewed separately from copyright for property or trademark concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm Kansas driving footage, Cheyenne County bridge road view, vintage speed limit sign, and home-movie highway travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Cheyenne County material, then broader 1950s road and bridge footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Cheyenne County, Kansas home-movie frame showing a forward driving view across a bridge with railings and a speed limit sign. — Driving toward a bridge section with white guardrails, street lamps, and a posted speed change sign.

Forward driving view in Cheyenne County, Kansas, with a bridge rail, END 40 BEGIN 30 sign, lamps, and low buildings ahead. — The car advances along the bridge as the speed limit change sign and roadside lamps pass on the right.

1959 8mm frame from a moving vehicle on a Cheyenne County bridge, showing railings, lamps, trees, and distant structures. — A steady forward view down the bridge emphasizes the road, railings, and small-town roadside structures.

End frame of the Cheyenne County bridge drive, with white guardrail, road edge, a distant low building, tree, and street lamp. — The bridge railing fills the foreground as the vehicle continues toward low buildings and trees beyond the span.

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