Kansas-1958: A Working Man Smoking A Cigar Waves Hello On A Sunny Day

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A Working Man Smoking A Cigar Waves Hello On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

A man in a 1950s work outfit stands in the doorway of a building in Kansas, 1958. Wearing a tan jacket and trousers with a red cap, he smokes a cigar and waves cheerfully to the camera. His animated gestures and broad smile convey a friendly greeting on a sunny day. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures authentic mid-century Americana with natural lighting and vintage color tones. The scene exudes nostalgia and everyday life from the era, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127479365

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kansas, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 home-movie requests needing a brief everyday greeting, working-man portrait, or informal mid-century exterior moment.
Period detail: The tan work clothes, red cap, cigar, and simple doorway setting support a late-1950s everyday American look, with Kansas and 1958 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles, waves, lifts his cap, and plays to the camera in an unstaged-feeling exchange typical of family or local home-movie filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling man, tan jacket and trousers, red cap, cigar, doorway, paneled building facade, windows, and bright sun shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that gives the moment physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, character cutaway, friendly transition, or memory beat within a 1950s Americana sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows an informal public-facing doorway scene and a man performing a friendly greeting, offering social texture without identifying the person or business.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance or property concerns.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1958 Kansas 8mm frame, a man in tan work clothes stands in a doorway with a cigar raised near his head. — A man pauses in the doorway with a cigar raised near his head.

In the Kansas 1958 home-movie frame, the man smiles broadly and waves a red cap from the building entrance. — The man smiles and lifts his cap in a friendly greeting.

The man faces the camera in tan workwear, holding his red cap near his head and a cigar in the other hand. — Facing the camera, the man gestures with his cap and cigar.

The man stands near the doorway in bright sun, holding a cigar while his shadow falls across the building wall. — The man lowers his gesture and stands in sunlight near the doorway.

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