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Kansas-1958: Man In A Hat Walking Towards Car Opening Door With House In Background

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationKansas, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Kansas
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Man In A Hat Walking Towards Car Opening Door With House... — Clip Details

A man in a hat and vest walks toward a vintage car in a snowy rural setting, opening the door and preparing to enter. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this grainy home movie captures a quiet winter moment with a red barn in the background. The footage shows natural film wear, including scratches and soft focus, characteristic of amateur Super 8 recordings from the late 1950s. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life in mid-century America, with muted colors and a nostalgic, candid atmosphere.

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
127479682

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

  • man
  • walking
  • towards
  • car
  • door
  • house
  • hat
  • opening
  • background
  • people
  • kansas
  • 1958
  • 1958 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Kansas winter scene
  • man opening car door
  • retro 1950s lifestyle
  • classic American family
  • snowy rural setting
  • Super 8 home movie
  • vintage car 1950s
  • old film grain
  • nostalgic 1950s footage
  • archival 8mm
  • vintage winter footage
  • man in hat walking
  • classic American car
  • 1950s family life
  • vintage home movie
  • retro Americana
  • old film footage
  • 8mm film archive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Kansas home-movie footage for productions needing a brief rural winter insert of a man approaching and entering a mid-century car.
Period detail
The rounded sedan, winter clothing, snowy ground, and barn-like outbuilding may show everyday rural Midwestern life in the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior
The man appears unposed as he walks to the parked car, opens the door, and begins to get in while the camera observes from a fixed home-movie position.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a hat-wearing man, dark vest, vintage sedan, open car door, snowy ground, red outbuilding, pale sky, and roadside utility or fence posts.
Film character
Soft focus, muted color, gate weave, scratches, and visible grain give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture from the original film.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a quiet insert, transition, or memory beat for rural travel, winter routines, family recollection, or mid-century everyday life.
Historical context
The scene provides visual context for personal transportation and outdoor winter movement in a rural Kansas setting without identifying the people or property.
Research note
A person is visible and may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately before final use.
Research search match
Useful search phrases include 1958 Kansas home movie, rural winter car, man opening vintage sedan door, 8mm farmstead footage, and mid-century everyday life.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Kansas 1958 rural footage, then with broader themes of winter travel and mid-century home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Kansas 8mm frame showing a bird-like shape or object by a post with snow-covered ground in the background.
A brief opening view shows a dark bird-like shape or object beside a post in the snowy yard.
A man in winter clothing approaches a mid-century car in rural Kansas, with snow on the ground and a red outbuilding behind him.
The man reaches the side of the parked car as a red outbuilding sits beyond the snowy yard.
The man opens the sedan door in the Kansas winter scene, with the rounded car body and red outbuilding visible through soft 8mm focus.
The car door swings open as the man begins to enter the vehicle.
The man is partly hidden by the open sedan door in the 1958 Kansas home-movie frame, with a red outbuilding and snow visible behind him.
The man pauses behind the open door before getting into the car.

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