Kansas-1958: Two Men Taking Cigarette Break Outside Building

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

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Two Men Taking Cigarette Break Outside Building — Clip Details

Two men in 1958 Kansas take a break outside a building, captured on vintage 8mm film. One man in a white jacket and cap smokes a cigarette, while his companion in a red cap holds a small object. They stand near a doorway with vertical columns, engaged in casual conversation. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and authentic color tones of the era, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century American daily life and work routines.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127479518

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1958 Kansas 8mm clip supports mid-century American workday, street-life, and cigarette-break cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or period-context edits.
Period detail: The men's caps, jackets, cigarette, and building entrance may show late-1950s everyday workwear and informal public behavior in Kansas.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause: two adult men stand close together, smoke, and talk casually outside a building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a cigarette, caps, light and dark jackets, a doorway, vertical architectural columns, and soft sidewalk foreground.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, modest motion blur, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, workplace transition, social-history cutaway, or memory beat about routine adult breaks.
Historical context: The footage shows a casual male interaction around smoking during an ordinary public or workday pause, without enough evidence to identify occupation or building use.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Kansas 8mm cigarette break, two men outside building, mid-century work break, and vintage home movie street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Kansas 1958 material, then broader 1950s workday, smoking, or everyday public-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in caps, one smoking, stand outside a building entrance in 1958 Kansas home-movie footage. — Two men pause outside a building, one holding a cigarette.

In 1958 Kansas footage, two adult men in worklike jackets converse near a doorway with vertical columns. — The men turn toward one another during the brief outdoor break.

Two adult men in caps stand side by side outside a Kansas building, with one smoking during the short break. — A closer view shows the men talking beside the entrance.

The 1958 Kansas 8mm frame shows two adult men continuing a casual cigarette-break conversation outside a building. — The pair remain beside the doorway in a quiet workday moment.

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