Nebraska USA-1958: Man Working at Construction Site

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

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Man Working at Construction Site — Clip Details

A man in a dark sweater and green cap works at a construction site in Nebraska, 1958, bending over to handle materials near a dug trench. The vintage 8mm footage shows him wearing work gloves, surrounded by rocks, concrete blocks, and wooden planks. The scene captures a moment of manual labor with authentic film grain and color degradation typical of home movies from the late 1950s. The handheld camera angle provides a candid, documentary-style view of everyday construction work.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 122646351

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: Yes
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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Topics & Keywords

building and putting up several
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nebraska home-movie requests needing a brief documentary cutaway of everyday construction or manual labor.
Period detail: The 1958 date is supported by metadata, while the workwear, hand tools, lumber, concrete block, rocks, and trench setting may show mid-century small-scale construction practice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way the camera looks down at a worker bending, reaching, and handling materials during a real task.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a green cap, dark sweater, gloves, trench edge, rocks, concrete blocks, wooden planks, and a cardboard box with markings.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and cool color shift typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, construction transition, or memory beat within a sequence about work or building.
Historical context: The scene documents an informal view of manual construction activity in Nebraska without enough visual evidence to identify the project or site.
Research note: A worker's face and a marked box are visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness, brand, and any site-identification review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Nebraska 8mm construction footage, home movie manual labor, vintage trench work, and mid-century building-site cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel material, then other Nebraska 1958 clips, then broader 1950s construction, building, and manual-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Nebraska home-movie footage, a gloved man in a green cap bends over beside a trench at a small construction site. — A worker bends over beside a trench with stones and building materials around him.

A gloved worker at a Nebraska construction site reaches toward materials beside a trench, with a marked cardboard box visible nearby. — The worker reaches down near the trench edge as building materials lie around the site.

The camera looks down as the worker bends over the construction area, surrounded by stones, lumber, concrete, and a marked box. — A close overhead view shows the worker bent low over the trench and materials.

At the end of the 8mm clip, the Nebraska worker remains bent over the trench area amid lumber, stones, concrete, and a marked box. — The worker continues handling materials at the edge of the trench.

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