Cheyenne County Kansas-1959: River And Trees View From Bridge

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

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River And Trees View From Bridge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view from a bridge in Cheyenne County, Kansas. The camera moves steadily across the frame, revealing a calm river flanked by lush green trees and distant hills under a soft blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125882069

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 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: 1950s Kansas home-movie bridge and river footage suited for rural landscape inserts, regional history programs, or mid-century travel context.
Period detail: The concrete bridge railing, open road approach, river corridor, and soft-faded 8mm color may show late-1950s amateur travel filming in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vehicle or handheld camera on a bridge, valuing the passing view more than a staged composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bridge railing, roadway edge, calm river water, tree-lined banks, low distant hills, pale sky, and small riverside structures.
Film character: The 8mm image carries mild grain, vertical scratches, soft focus, slight blur, and faded color that identify it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic cutaway, travel transition, geographic establishing beat, or reflective pause between Kansas home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a mid-century rural river crossing and surrounding landscape without visible people, signage, or activity that would identify a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but copyright status, location identification, and any property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches might include 1959 Kansas 8mm river bridge, Cheyenne County home movie landscape, vintage rural bridge footage, and mid-century river trees view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then with 1959 Cheyenne County or Kansas footage, then with rural bridges, rivers, trees, and road-trip views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Cheyenne County, Kansas home-movie frame showing a bridge approach with railings, roadside trees, and a distant structure. — Bridge roadway and railing seen from a moving or handheld viewpoint.

1959 Kansas frame looking from a bridge toward a calm river, wooded banks, distant hills, and a small object on the water. — River and wooded banks seen beyond the bridge wall.

Cheyenne County, Kansas river landscape on 8mm film, with trees along the water and low hills in the distance. — Tree-lined river landscape from the bridge viewpoint.

1959 Cheyenne County, Kansas frame showing river water, dense trees, a bridge parapet, and distant low hills. — Final view across the river and trees from the bridge.

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