Kansas-1958: Man in Blue Shirt Bending in Dry Grass Field

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

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Man in Blue Shirt Bending in Dry Grass Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a farmer working in the open fields of Kansas. The footage shows a man in a blue shirt and cap bending over in dry, golden grass under a hazy sky, with a dirt road and utility pole visible in the background. The grainy, slightly faded quality and vertical scratches are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, evoking a sense of rural Americana and agricultural labor.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127479146

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Kansas agricultural labor, rural road, and dry open-field coverage in documentary, museum, education, or period editorial edits.
Period detail: The visible open grassland, dirt road, utility pole, work clothing, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century rural Kansas life without identifying a specific farm.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its brief, handheld observation of a man bending into field work rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flat open fields, a pale dirt road, a utility pole, dry grass, hazy sky, and a man in a blue shirt and cap working low to the ground.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm focus, faded color, gate edges, vertical scratches, grain, and slight exposure variation that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor insert, wind-swept landscape transition, Kansas memory beat, or cutaway from narration about farming and open land.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests small-scale outdoor agricultural work in an open rural landscape, but the frames do not identify the crop, farm, or worker.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Kansas farmer, 1950s rural field work, vintage home movie agricultural labor, dry grassland road, and windswept open fields.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kansas 1958 rural footage, then broader 1950s farming, open plains, wind, road, and field-work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame showing a pale dirt road through open rural fields with soft focus and visible film scratches. — A dirt road runs through open grassland under a muted sky.

1958 Kansas rural field view with a lone utility pole, flat grassland, hazy sky, and 8mm film wear. — A utility pole stands beside open rural fields.

Soft 8mm view of open Kansas grassland in 1958, with a low horizon and faded color across the frame. — Open grassland fills a soft, wind-swept rural view.

1958 Kansas home-movie frame of a man in a blue shirt and cap bending low while working in dry grass. — A man works low to the ground in dry field grass.

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