Nebraska USA-1958: Man Driving Road Grader at Construction Site

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

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Man Driving Road Grader at Construction Site — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Nebraska, USA, in 1958, showing a yellow road grader leveling dirt at a construction site. A classic blue 1950s sedan is parked on a mound of earth in the background. The scene captures a moment of mid-century infrastructure development, with the grader operator visible in the cab. The footage exhibits characteristic Super 8 film grain, color saturation, and slight vignetting, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 122642280

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills a 1950s American infrastructure and road-building niche for documentary editors needing authentic Midwest construction B-roll from the postwar boom era.
Period detail: The dark blue, rounded-fender sedan parked on the earth mound appears consistent with late-1940s to early-1950s American automobile styling, supporting the stated 1958 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a fixed vantage point throughout, suggesting a worker or family member documented the grading operation as a personal record rather than a staged shot.
What appears in frame: Yellow motor grader, operator in cab, leveled dirt surface, earth mounds, dark blue vintage sedan, dense deciduous treeline, grader blade, open construction site.
Film character: Warm color saturation, visible 8mm grain, and slight edge vignetting give the footage the natural texture of mid-century home-movie film stock.
Edit role: Works as a construction B-roll insert or wide cutaway in 1950s infrastructure, postwar Midwest growth, or American highway-era documentary sequences.
Historical context: Motor graders like this were central to America's postwar road and subdivision expansion; the parked sedan grounds the site in recognizable 1950s everyday life.
Research note: The grader operator is visible in the cab in several frames; editorial licenses typically cover incidental appearance, but legal review is advisable if the operator's likeness is featured prominently.
Research search match: Likely matches researcher queries for 1950s road construction, vintage earthmoving equipment, postwar highway building, Midwest infrastructure, or American construction B-roll.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other 1958 Nebraska reel clips, then with mid-century Midwest construction or highway footage, then with any American postwar infrastructure or earthmoving sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yellow motor grader grading earth at a Nebraska construction site, circa 1958, with a dark blue vintage sedan resting on a dirt mound behind it. — Road grader leveling earth at a 1950s construction site, Nebraska.

Yellow motor grader continuing to grade at a Nebraska construction site, circa 1958, with a parked dark blue sedan on a soil mound above. — Grader traverses leveled earth as a 1950s sedan sits parked on a dirt mound.

Close-angle view of a yellow motor grader at a Nebraska earthwork site, circa 1958; a dark blue sedan and possibly a second vehicle rest on a raised earth mound. — Road grader at work with vintage automobiles parked on a raised mound above the cut.

Freshly graded earth at a Nebraska construction site, circa 1958, showing blade tracks across leveled soil with mounds and deciduous trees in the background. — Freshly graded earthen surface showing tracks left by the road grader's blade.

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