Hicksville New York-1954: House Foundation Under Construction

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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House Foundation Under Construction — Clip Details

Hicksville, New York - 1954: This 8mm home movie captures the early stages of a residential construction project. The footage shows a partially excavated foundation with newly laid gray cinder blocks forming the basement walls. Wooden planks and construction debris lie scattered on the dirt floor, with exposed tree roots and earth mounds visible around the site. The scene is framed by a wooded area in the background, with natural daylight illuminating the work in progress. The film's characteristic grain and color saturation reflect the era's amateur home movie aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century suburban development.

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: 123367682

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hicksville, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s suburban development requests needing brief 8mm construction footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The gray cinder-block foundation, hand-scattered boards, and wooded lot may show mid-century residential building practices in Hicksville, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the site from a casual home-movie distance, recording progress rather than staged construction activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cinder-block foundation walls, excavated earth, boards, stones, loose blocks, exposed roots, dirt floor, and trees beyond the cut bank.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, establishing cutaway, construction-progress transition, or memory beat about postwar home building.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a residential foundation at an early stage, with the wooded setting suggesting suburban land being prepared for a house.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related use should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm house construction, Hicksville New York foundation, suburban building site, and home movie cinder blocks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Hicksville 1954 material, then broader 1950s suburban construction or home-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing an early residential foundation with gray cinder blocks, exposed earth, debris, and woods beyond. — A newly laid cinder-block foundation sits below an excavated dirt bank with scattered boards and roots.

1954 Hicksville frame with a cinder-block basement corner, excavated soil, loose planks, stones, and trees at the edge of the lot. — The foundation corner is visible against the cut earth, with boards and stones lying on the dirt floor.

1954 Hicksville construction frame showing a partially built cinder-block foundation, loose blocks, large stones, planks, and excavated earth. — Loose blocks and stones rest inside the foundation area beside the partially built wall.

1954 Hicksville frame showing the foundation corner, stacked loose blocks, stones, boards, excavated soil, and woods beyond the site. — The final view holds on the foundation corner with blocks and materials scattered across the excavated floor.

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