Nebraska USA-1958: Yellow Road Grader at Work near Blue Car

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

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Yellow Road Grader at Work near Blue Car — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in Nebraska, USA, showing a yellow road grader at work on a dirt construction site. The machine levels the soil while a classic blue 1950s sedan sits parked on a nearby dirt mound. The scene captures mid-century American infrastructure development with authentic film grain, color saturation, and a handheld camera perspective. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into postwar rural construction and machinery.

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: 122642220

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.

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: Fits archival requests for 1950s American infrastructure or rural road construction sequences in documentary, educational, or period commercial productions.
Period detail: Yellow motor grader design and the blue two-door American sedan parked on the embankment both suggest late 1950s styling; the 1958 date is supported by clip metadata with high confidence.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from ground level by what appears to be a bystander or project observer, capturing the grader candid and unscripted, typical of amateur documentation of local construction activity.
What appears in frame: A yellow motor grader works a freshly graded dirt surface while a blue classic American sedan sits parked on an earthen embankment behind it, with a seated operator, loose soil in the foreground, and trees at the frame edge.
Film character: Warm color saturation, rounded vignetting at frame edges, and visible film grain give the footage authentic mid-century 8mm texture consistent with Kodachrome-era amateur film stocks.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway insert or brief establishing shot in documentary sequences covering 1950s infrastructure, rural America, or postwar industrial development.
Historical context: The motor grader alongside a parked civilian car may reflect rural road improvement programs widespread in postwar American states during the late 1950s, a period of significant highway expansion.
Research note: A person is visible operating the grader; likeness clearance for any identifiable individuals should be verified before editorial use, though no faces are clearly distinguishable at contact-sheet resolution.
Research search match: Researchers may locate this via queries for 1950s road construction, motor grader footage, rural Nebraska infrastructure, or postwar American highway development on 8mm home movie film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Nebraska 1958 collection or reel, then with 1950s Midwest road-building footage, then with mid-century American heavy machinery or infrastructure sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yellow motor grader at work on a dirt construction site, Nebraska 1958; blue American sedan parked on earthen berm behind, 8mm frame vignetting at edges. — Yellow road grader levels the site while a classic blue sedan sits on the embankment behind, Nebraska 1958.

Yellow road grader crossing graded dirt surface, Nebraska 1958; blue American sedan on embankment at upper right, tree line visible, warm 8mm color saturation. — Road grader traverses the construction site, blue sedan parked on the embankment at right, 1958.

Low-angle 8mm view of yellow motor grader blade assembly working graded earth, Nebraska 1958; blue classic sedan parked on earthen berm at upper left. — Grader blade and chassis fill the foreground as dirt is leveled, blue sedan parked on the berm above, 1958.

Rear-quarter view of yellow motor grader on graded dirt, Nebraska 1958; blue classic American sedan visible on earthen berm, warm 8mm color saturation. — Rear quarter of the road grader in operation, blue sedan on the embankment in background, 1958.

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