Kansas-1958: A Man Adjusting His Cap

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationKansas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Kansas

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A Man Adjusting His Cap — Clip Details

A man in a red plaid shirt and yellow vest stands outside a white building in Kansas, 1958. He wears glasses and a red-and-beige cap, adjusting it with his hand in a natural, candid moment. The 8mm film shows warm, slightly faded colors and visible grain, capturing a quiet, everyday scene from mid-century America. His expression shifts subtly as he interacts with the camera, offering a glimpse into a personal, unscripted moment from a vintage home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127478918

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Kansas home-movie requests needing a brief candid portrait of an adult man outdoors for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, tan vest, eyeglasses, and red-and-beige cap may show mid-century casual outdoor clothing consistent with the 1958 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man adjusts his cap and looks toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged personal moment rather than a posed formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, eyeglasses, red plaid shirt, yellow-tan vest, red-and-beige cap, raised hand, white exterior wall, and dark window frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and a handheld home-movie feel that supports archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, character cutaway, transition beat, or memory detail within a sequence about everyday mid-century life.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic or neighborhood-view glimpse of casual dress and camera awareness in a Kansas home-movie setting from 1958.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright checks; no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Kansas 8mm home movie man adjusting cap, mid-century candid portrait, plaid shirt outdoor footage, and vintage family film cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Kansas 1958 material, then broader 1950s outdoor home-movie portraits or casual clothing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1958 Kansas home-movie frame, an adult man in glasses, plaid shirt, tan vest, and cap raises his hand near the brim. — A man in plaid and a tan vest adjusts his cap while standing outside a white building.

The man faces the camera in Kansas, 1958, lifting his cap brim with one hand against a white building exterior. — The man lifts his cap brim and looks toward the camera.

A candid 1958 Kansas frame shows the man tilting his cap, his glasses and plaid shirt visible beside a dark window frame. — The man tilts his cap in a candid outdoor home-movie moment.

The man moves partly out of frame in the 1958 Kansas home movie, with his cap, glasses, plaid shirt, and tan vest still visible. — The man shifts toward the edge of the frame, leaving the white wall and window behind him.

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