Saint Francis Kansas-1959: A Pair Of Small White Houses On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationSaint Francis, Kansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Saint Francis Kansas

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A Pair Of Small White Houses On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a quiet residential neighborhood in Saint Francis, Kansas. The footage shows a row of small white houses with simple architecture, set against a backdrop of bare trees and distant hills under a bright blue sky. A white picket fence lines the foreground, with a red swing set visible in one yard. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American suburban atmosphere. The camera remains mostly static, offering a peaceful glimpse into everyday life in a small town during the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125882246

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: 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 small-town American residential establishing shots, especially documentary or education edits needing quiet Kansas neighborhood context.
Period detail: The modest house forms, picket fence, bare trees, yard swing set, and older parked car may show mid-century residential life in Saint Francis, Kansas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing a neighborhood from a fixed outdoor vantage without visible people or performed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two small white houses, a white fence, leafless trees, a red swing set, a parked car, sloping yards, and distant hills.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, slight exposure variation, and a steady but informal home-movie frame.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a residential cutaway, small-town transition, memory beat, or quiet exterior insert between family or community scenes.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for ordinary residential streetscapes in a small Kansas town, without documenting a named event or public landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, though exterior homes and yards should still be reviewed for property and copyright context.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Kansas home movie, 1950s small town houses, Saint Francis residential street, 8mm neighborhood exterior, and mid-century yard scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Saint Francis or 1959 Kansas footage, then broader 1950s small-town residential exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas home-movie frame showing small white houses, a fenced yard, bare trees, a swing set, and a parked car. — Residential yards with white houses, fence, swing set, bare trees, and distant hills.

Saint Francis, Kansas residential view with white houses, leafless trees, a white fence, a red swing set, and a parked car in bright sun. — Bright residential exterior with small homes, yard fencing, swing set, and winter-bare trees.

1959 Kansas home-movie still of a sloped neighborhood yard with white houses, fencing, leafless trees, a swing set, and parked car. — Static home-movie view across a small-town yard toward white houses and distant hills.

Saint Francis, Kansas frame showing small white houses and fenced yards with bare trees, a red swing set, parked car, and distant hills. — Small-town residential exterior with houses, fence, swing set, parked car, and open hillside beyond.

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