Paducah Kentucky USA-1951: Tan Brick Building Under Construction

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationPaducah, Kentucky, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Paducah Kentucky

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Tan Brick Building Under Construction — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a tan-colored brick building under construction in Paducah, Kentucky. The footage shows a modern-style structure with white-trimmed windows and an open entrance, surrounded by piles of construction debris and sand. The scene unfolds on a bright, sunny day with a large tree visible in the background. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American construction and architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123319277

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1951 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: Paducah, Kentucky, 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American construction, small-city architecture, or Paducah-area establishing material in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The flat-roofed tan brick structure, white trim, and open worksite may show mid-century civic or institutional building design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, briefly observing a construction site from outside rather than presenting a planned industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tan brick building, open doorway, white window trim, porch columns, sand piles, lumber debris, bare ground, and a leafy tree.
Film character: The 8mm color scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, gate shadows, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, construction cutaway, location transition, or memory beat for mid-century community development.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a building in progress, with construction materials left in front and no workers or pedestrians visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but property and copyright status should still be reviewed before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1951 Paducah Kentucky construction footage, 1950s 8mm building site, tan brick building, and mid-century American architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1951 Paducah Kentucky footage, then broader 1950s construction or architecture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Paducah, Kentucky 8mm frame showing a tan brick building under construction, with an open entrance, sand piles, and a tree behind it. — A tan brick building stands amid sand and construction debris on a sunny day.

1951 Paducah construction view with a tan building facade, open doorway, white columns, scattered lumber, sand, and small windows. — The camera frames the open entrance and debris piled in front of the tan building.

1951 Paducah 8mm frame showing a tan construction-site facade with a porch wall, columns, open doorway, windows, and lumber debris. — A porch-like entrance area and construction debris fill the foreground of the frame.

1951 Paducah frame of a tan brick building under construction, showing paired windows, an open entrance, porch columns, debris, and rough ground. — The final frame shows the building front, windows, and construction materials scattered outside.

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