Saint Francis Kansas-1959: A Peaceful Sea During The Summer Season

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

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A Peaceful Sea During The Summer Season — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal landscape from Saint Francis, Kansas. The footage shows a calm sea under a soft blue sky, with a sandy shoreline in the foreground. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle film scratches, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful summer memory. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, contemplative view of nature.

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: 125882387

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 home-movie requests needing a quiet natural waterside view, rural landscape insert, or contemplative summer atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century amateur color 8mm filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the distant shoreline and open water as an unstaged scenic observation rather than an event or posed family moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, low shoreline, muted blue sky, sandy or rocky foreground, distant landforms, and soft film-frame divisions from the contact sheet.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, fading, mild scratches, and steady framing that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing insert for a rural waterside sequence.
Historical context: As visual context, the footage presents leisure-era amateur filming of open landscape, but it does not identify a specific body of water or public site on screen.
Research note: No people, logos, or evident private property are visible, though copyright and any location-based permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm waterside landscape, vintage home movie lake or shoreline, calm water summer scene, and rural Kansas archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Saint Francis or 1959 Kansas material, then with broader calm water and summer landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm home-movie frame from the Saint Francis, Kansas metadata showing a blurred waterside shoreline and low land under blue sky. — A muted shoreline view appears through soft 8mm color and visible film wear.

1959 8mm frame associated with Saint Francis, Kansas, showing calm water and a distant shoreline with faded color and grain. — The camera holds on a calm waterside view with distant low land.

1959 8mm home-movie frame showing open water and a hazy distant shoreline, with no people or structures visible. — Open water fills the foreground with a low, hazy shoreline beyond.

1959 8mm frame from the Saint Francis, Kansas clip showing a quiet body of water and distant low shore in faded color. — A steady waterside composition shows calm water, distant land, and aged film texture.

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