Saint Francis Kansas-1959: River Side With Boat Moving Across Water

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

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River Side With Boat Moving Across Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene river landscape in Saint Francis, Kansas. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows a wide river with a distant shoreline lined with trees and low structures. A small boat or barge moves slowly across the water, while a low bridge or pier appears in the foreground. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic, observational view of mid-century rural life along the riverbank.

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: 125882409

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

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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: 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: Supports 1950s rural Kansas river or reservoir cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or period editorial sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show a mid-century shoreline with a low bridge or pier, sparse structures, leafless trees, and a small boat crossing open water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on a distant riverside scene as a boat moves slowly across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include broad water, distant tree-lined shore, low landforms, a small boat, a foreground bridge or pier, and soft rural structures.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, gate lines, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, rural travel transition, waterside cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The view offers observational context for mid-century recreational or riverside life in the Saint Francis, Kansas area without identifying people or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Kansas river home movie, 8mm rural shoreline boat, vintage waterside bridge, or mid-century small boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Saint Francis material, then broader rural river, bridge, and boat scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas home-movie frame showing a broad waterway, distant shoreline, small boat, and low bridge or pier. — A small boat crosses a broad waterway near a low bridge or pier.

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas riverside view with a small boat on the water and a low shoreline beyond. — The boat appears farther across the water near the distant bank.

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas frame showing a quiet riverside scene with water, shoreline trees, and a low bridge or pier. — A static riverside view includes the bridge or pier in the foreground and open water beyond.

1959 Saint Francis, Kansas home-movie frame with a low bridge or pier, broad water, and a small boat near the right edge. — The bridge or pier leads across the lower frame while a small boat sits near the far right waterline.

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