Kansas-1958: Armed Hunters Smoking And Holding Animals In The Bush

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationKansas, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Kansas

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Armed Hunters Smoking And Holding Animals In The Bush — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a hunter in Kansas holding a pheasant in a field. The man, wearing a cap and plaid shirt with a vest, stands in a golden wheat field, later seen smoking a cigarette. The footage shows natural outdoor lighting and the characteristic grain and color fade of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century hunting and rural life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127479040

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

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: 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: 1950s Kansas home-movie hunting footage suited for documentary inserts on rural recreation, field sports, and mid-century outdoor leisure.
Period detail: The caps, plaid shirt, canvas vest, cigarette, and 8mm color stock may show late-1950s rural hunting attire and amateur filming style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as hunters face the camera, display game, and smoke casually in an open field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult hunters, a pheasant, caps, plaid and work shirts, a vest, a cigarette, tall dry grass, and bright field light.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, warm color fade, gate edges, dust marks, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for rural Kansas, hunting culture, or family-reel outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects adult recreational hunting and informal field portraiture in a rural setting without proving a specific event or property.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Kansas 8mm hunting footage, mid-century pheasant hunter home movie, rural field sports archive, and vintage hunters smoking.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Kansas or 1958 rural footage, then broader mid-century hunting, outdoor recreation, and home-movie field scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame of a hunter holding a pheasant against clothing and dry field tones. — A hunter displays a pheasant in the field.

Adult hunter in cap and vest faces the camera in a Kansas field, filmed on 8mm in 1958. — A capped hunter stands in bright field light.

Close 8mm frame of a capped hunter in plaid and vest looking down in a dry Kansas field. — The hunter looks down as the camera stays close.

1958 Kansas home-movie frame of a capped adult hunter smoking in a dry open field. — A hunter smiles with a cigarette in the field.

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