Nebraska-1958: A Dirigible Glides Steadily Across the Sky

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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A Dirigible Glides Steadily Across the Sky — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Nebraska in 1958 captures a large, elongated airship gliding steadily across a pale, overcast sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the blimp-like object moving diagonally through the frame, its dark silhouette contrasting against the light background. The image exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, slight blurriness, and visible film scratches, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. This rare glimpse of a dirigible in mid-flight offers a unique slice of mid-century Americana and aviation history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127611731

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Nebraska, 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: Useful for 1950s aviation, Nebraska, and mid-century Americana edits needing a brief archival home-movie view of an airship crossing the sky.
Period detail: The 8mm source and 1958 metadata support a late-1950s context, while the visible subject is a blimp-like dirigible against a pale sky with no readable markings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational quality of a home-movie camera following an unusual object overhead rather than a staged aviation sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elongated airship, pale overcast sky, diagonal motion, soft silhouette, film-frame borders, dust specks, scratches, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm texture with muted contrast, grain, light scratches, and minor frame instability consistent with scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short aviation insert, transitional sky cutaway, or memory beat suggesting mid-century public fascination with flight.
Historical context: The scene may reflect everyday spectatorship of lighter-than-air craft in postwar America, but the frames do not identify the operator, route, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though aircraft identity, copyright status, and any underlying archive permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Nebraska 8mm dirigible footage, vintage blimp in sky, home movie airship, and mid-century aviation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel aviation or sky shots, then Nebraska 1958 material, then broader 1950s transportation or Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame showing a blimp-like dirigible gliding through an overcast sky with visible film grain. — A small airship silhouette moves across the pale sky.

1958 Nebraska 8mm view of the dirigible continuing across the overcast sky, seen as a dark soft-edged form. — The dirigible continues its steady path across the sky.

1958 Nebraska home-movie frame with the airship closer or larger in view, softened by 8mm grain and light scratches. — The airship appears larger as the camera tracks it.

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame showing the dirigible drifting diagonally through a blank, pale sky near the end of the clip. — The dirigible drifts toward the edge of the frame.

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