Nebraska USA-1958: Cars Driving On Road Men Working On Roof And Drinking From A

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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Cars Driving On Road Men Working On Roof And Drinking From A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Nebraska USA in 1958, showing a rural landscape with plowed fields and distant hills under a bright sky. The scene transitions to two men working on a house roof; one sits on the peak drinking from a white cup while the other works below. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and dark vignette borders, capturing authentic mid-century Americana and everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122641466

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 (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

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: Fits a 1950s Americana or rural Midwest documentary request — suited for inserts on postwar domestic life, home improvement, or agricultural landscape B-roll.
Period detail: Furrowed farmland, bare deciduous trees, and a wood-frame house with white clapboard siding suggest late autumn or early spring in rural mid-century America; 1958 per metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A family member appears to have filmed a neighbor or relative taking an unguarded rest break on the rooftop — an unstaged moment of camaraderie during a work task.
What appears in frame: Furrowed agricultural fields, bare tree line, low rolling hills, two adult men on a residential roofline, wooden extension ladder, white clapboard siding, vivid blue sky, a man raising a cup to his mouth.
Film character: Dark circular vignette at frame edges, warm color cast, and visible grain are consistent with 8mm home-movie stock of the late 1950s; one transition frame is severely overexposed.
Edit role: The landscape opener functions as a rural establishing cutaway; the rooftop moment cuts well as a character insert, work-break memory beat, or dissolve point between scenes.
Historical context: Rooftop re-shingling or repair was common postwar home-improvement work; the scene may reflect the DIY domestic culture of 1950s rural and small-town America.
Research note: Adult male faces are partially identifiable in the rooftop frames; as private individuals in a home-movie context, likeness clearance status is unknown — consult a clearance specialist before broadcast use.
Research search match: 1950s rural Midwest farmland landscape, men working on house roof 8mm home movie, postwar Americana work break, Nebraska 1958 archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Nebraska location; then with 1950s rural Midwest agricultural or domestic footage; then with postwar home-improvement or work-break themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie still of plowed agricultural fields, bare deciduous tree line, and low hills under a pale sky, consistent with rural Nebraska circa 1958. — Furrowed farmland stretching to the horizon — rural Nebraska, 1958.

Overexposed 8mm film frame showing a wash of blown-out light with a barely visible structural edge at lower right; likely a scene transition. — Overexposed transition — characteristic 8mm film artifact.

8mm home movie still of two adult men on a residential roofline — one seated at the peak drinking from a cup, the other at the base of an extension ladder, Nebraska circa 1958. — A man takes a break on the roof peak while his companion works below, circa 1958.

8mm home movie continuation showing the same two men on a residential roofline — one seated at the peak with cup raised, the other at the ladder — under a vivid blue sky, Nebraska circa 1958. — Rooftop work break continues — man drinks while companion waits at the ladder.

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