Dallas Texas USA-1956: Construction Of A Roof Top Using Traditional Methods

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Dallas Texas

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Construction Of A Roof Top Using Traditional Methods — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1956 in Dallas, Texas, showing a building under construction with traditional red tile roofing. The sequence captures workers installing terracotta tiles on a sloped roof, with scaffolding visible on a tower in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The scene highlights mid-century masonry techniques and architectural details of a residential structure, offering a nostalgic glimpse into postwar construction methods.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120784718

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: Dallas, Texas, 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: 1950s 8mm construction footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing a brief cutaway of traditional roof-tile installation on a mid-century building in Dallas, Texas.
Period detail: The red clay barrel tiles, masonry walls, simple rectangular openings, and visible scaffolded tower support the supplied 1956 Dallas construction context without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observer's home-movie viewpoint, lingering on the roofline and work area rather than staging a formal construction demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include terracotta roof tiles, unfinished stucco or masonry walls, dark window and door openings, stacked roofing pieces, a rooftop work surface, and scaffolding around a tower-like structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, saturated blue and red color shifts, grain, and slight motion blur that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, architectural cutaway, or transitional detail for postwar building methods, roofing, or residential construction sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents manual roof construction and tile handling on a low-rise building, offering context for mid-century material use and small-scale masonry work.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright, location, and any property-related use should still be checked separately by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1956 Dallas 8mm roof construction, 1950s terracotta tile roofing, vintage home movie masonry work, and traditional red tile roof installation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Dallas exterior footage, then broader clips of 1950s construction, masonry, rooftops, or residential architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Dallas 8mm frame showing a red clay tile roof, unfinished masonry wall, dark window openings, and scaffolding around a tower-like structure in the background. — Roofline and scaffolded structure during construction.

1956 Dallas construction frame with terracotta roofing materials laid across a sloped red tile roof near unfinished door and window openings. — Stacked roofing tiles on the sloped roof.

1956 Dallas 8mm frame showing red roofing tiles arranged on a rooftop work area below a masonry wall with dark rectangular openings. — Roofing materials arranged across the work area.

1956 Dallas frame of a partially finished building with a red tile roof, dark door and window openings, stacked roof tiles, and scaffold poles nearby. — Partially finished building with roof tiles and scaffolding.

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