Nebraska USA-1958: Men Installing Roof Top Television Antenna On Clear Sunny Day

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

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Men Installing Roof Top Television Antenna On Clear... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Nebraska, USA, in 1958, showing three men installing a television antenna on a residential roof. The men, dressed in period-appropriate work clothes, are silhouetted against a clear, deep blue sky during a bright sunny day. A wooden ladder leans against the house, and the antenna structure is clearly visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight vignetting, capturing a moment of mid-century American domestic technology and home improvement.

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: 122641528

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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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills requests for 1950s American domestic technology or postwar suburban life sequences in documentary, educational, or commercial productions about the early television era.
Period detail: A yagi-style rooftop antenna, period work clothing, and heavily saturated 8mm color palette are consistent with late-1950s American suburban life; bare deciduous branches suggest a cool-season shoot.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from ground level by what appears to be a family member or neighbor, lending an unstaged, observational quality to what was clearly a meaningful household milestone.
What appears in frame: Rooftop slope with wooden boards, yagi television antenna, two to three men in silhouette against deep blue sky, wooden ladder, residential fascia with green-painted trim, and bare tree branches.
Film character: Strong 8mm grain, deeply saturated blue sky, pronounced corner vignetting, and high-contrast backlighting render the workers as silhouettes — an atmospheric archival texture rather than a defect.
Edit role: Functions as a period insert, memory beat, or thematic cutaway in documentaries covering postwar consumer culture, television history, suburban home ownership, or mid-century American daily life.
Historical context: Rooftop antenna installation was a widespread domestic event as US television ownership expanded rapidly in the late 1950s; this footage captures that cultural shift at an intimate, household scale.
Research note: People are present but faces are largely obscured by backlighting and silhouetting; likeness identification is limited, though jurisdictional review is advisable before editorial or commercial use.
Research search match: Likely discovered via searches such as 1950s home movie, rooftop TV antenna, suburban America 1950s, postwar domestic technology, mid-century home improvement, or Nebraska 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Nebraska 1958 material; then mid-century American suburban or home-improvement clips; then documentary sequences on postwar television adoption or consumer culture.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-angle 8mm shot of a residential roofline in Nebraska, circa 1958, showing a wooden ladder, green fascia trim, and an antenna pole against a clear blue sky. — Wooden ladder leaning against a residential roofline, viewed from below.

Two men silhouetted on a residential rooftop in Nebraska, circa 1958, positioning a yagi TV antenna under a clear blue 8mm sky, with bare tree branches in the background. — Two men silhouetted on a rooftop while positioning a yagi television antenna.

Two men silhouetted on a residential rooftop in Nebraska, circa 1958, one standing and one crouching while working on a yagi TV antenna, against a deep blue 8mm sky. — Men working on a rooftop yagi antenna, silhouetted against a clear blue sky.

Two men in period work clothing silhouetted on a residential rooftop in Nebraska, circa 1958, alongside a yagi TV antenna under a clear blue 8mm sky. — Two men installing a rooftop TV antenna, silhouetted in a late-1950s 8mm home movie.

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