Dayton Ohio USA-1958: House with Television Antenna on Roof

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

House with Television Antenna on Roof — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, showing a suburban house viewed through tree branches. The camera pans upward from the front entrance and window to the roof, where a white television antenna is visible. The scene captures a quiet residential moment with natural light, green foliage, and the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies. The footage offers authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific visual research.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120976424

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: Dayton, Ohio, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban U.S. residential cutaways, especially documentary or educational sequences needing ordinary home exteriors and early television-era roof details.
Period detail: The roof-mounted white television antenna, simple exterior light, and 8mm color home-movie look support the 1958 Dayton, Ohio residential setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged household viewpoint, looking upward through nearby trees as someone casually records a quiet suburban house exterior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include leafy branches, a pale house wall, dark windows, an exterior door light, roof shingles, cables, and a white rooftop television antenna.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, mild exposure variation, handheld framing, and subdued mid-century color that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief establishing insert, domestic transition, or memory beat for postwar suburban life and home television-era atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a mid-century residential neighborhood where household technology appears as a small rooftop feature rather than a focal event.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property-related concerns for their specific use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Dayton Ohio 8mm home movie, suburban house roof antenna, mid-century residential exterior, and television antenna cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Dayton residential footage, then broader 1950s suburban home and television antenna scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Dayton home-movie frame of a suburban house exterior seen through leafy branches, with a dark window, doorway, and roofline. — Leafy branches frame the side of a suburban house with a window, doorway, and shingled roof.

1958 Dayton residential roofline viewed through trees, showing a small white television antenna on the shingled roof. — The camera reaches the roofline, where a white television antenna sits above the house wall.

1958 Dayton home-movie view of a rooftop television antenna above a suburban doorway and surrounding tree branches. — A white rooftop antenna appears above the entrance area, partly framed by nearby foliage.

1958 Dayton home-movie frame focused on rooftop antenna hardware, roof shingles, and foliage along the lower edge. — The final frame emphasizes the roof surface and white antenna hardware behind leafy branches.

Visually Similar Clips