Saint Francis Kansas-1959: View Of Lake And Tan Concrete Column On A 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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View Of Lake And Tan Concrete Column On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1959 captures a wide, sun-drenched view of a lake in Saint Francis, Kansas. The footage shows a winding body of water bordered by tan earth and sparse vegetation under a bright sky. A prominent concrete column stands near the shoreline, with construction activity visible along the banks. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes mid-century Americana, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a rural landscape during a sunny day.

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: 125882369

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 rural Kansas landscape requests needing a brief archival insert of a lake, shoreline earthworks, and home-movie color texture.
Period detail: The 1959 8mm metadata and faded color stock support a mid-century reading, while the frames mainly show open land, water, sparse trees, and a small shoreline structure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding a distant scenic view rather than staging action or focusing on identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding lake, pale shoreline, open fields, sparse tree lines, a small tan column-like form, distant banks, and bright sky.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate marks, and slight handheld instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural landscape cutaway, location-establishing insert, memory beat, or quiet transition in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a rural water landscape near Saint Francis, Kansas, with surrounding open ground and limited visible development.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related uses should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Kansas lake 8mm footage, Saint Francis Kansas home movie landscape, and rural waterway vintage film may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Saint Francis or Kansas clips from 1959, then with rural lake and mid-century landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas 8mm frame showing a soft distant view of a winding lake, pale banks, fields, and sparse trees. — A wide home-movie view of a winding lake and open rural shoreline.

Saint Francis, Kansas 1959 frame with a winding lake, open banks, distant trees, and a small tan column-like form near the shoreline. — The lake curves through open ground with a small shoreline form visible in the distance.

Faded 1959 8mm frame from Saint Francis, Kansas, showing a lake bend with pale shoreline, open fields, and sparse tree cover. — A distant rural lake bend appears through faded color and visible film wear.

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas frame showing the winding lake, open shoreline, distant tree line, and a small column-like object near the lower right. — The closing frame holds on the lake, open banks, and a small vertical shoreline object.

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