Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Partially Constructed Brick Building Under Construction

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan

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Partially Constructed Brick Building Under Construction — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1956, showing a partially constructed brick building. The clip captures the structure from multiple angles, highlighting its unfinished state with exposed brickwork, open window frames, and a flat roofline. A utility pole stands in the background, and the film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement typical of amateur Super 8 footage. The scene evokes mid-century American suburban development and architectural progress.

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: 121494068

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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Grand Rapids construction, suburban development, or mid-century built-environment cutaways in documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The flat roofline, pale brickwork, open window frames, and simple residential-scale forms may show mid-century American building work.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on nearby construction details from a casual observer's position.
What appears in frame: Visible details include pale brick walls, open window frames, a roof edge, utility poles, bare tree branches, dark film gate borders, and unfinished wall openings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld movement consistent with amateur home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for urban growth, neighborhood change, or postwar residential construction.
Historical context: The scene visually supports themes of 1950s neighborhood building activity without identifying a specific project or address.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are evident, but copyright status and any property-release needs should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might find it under 1956 Grand Rapids 8mm construction footage, mid-century brick building home movie, or Michigan neighborhood development.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Grand Rapids material, then broader 1950s construction or residential-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a pale brick wall, small window opening, roofline, and utility pole in the background. — A partially finished brick wall and small window opening are seen from a neighboring viewpoint.

1956 Grand Rapids frame of an unfinished brick facade with an open bay, narrow stacked windows, and dark film gate borders. — The camera frames unfinished brickwork, an open bay, and narrow vertical window openings.

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie view of a brick wall section with window openings, roof edge, and unfinished-looking facade details. — A closer angle shows paired window openings and the flat roofline of the brick structure.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing the brick building from another angle with window openings, bare branches, and adjacent construction details. — Another angle shows the building's roofline, window openings, and nearby bare branches.

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