Hicksville New York-1954: Yellow And Blue Houses In A Quiet Neighborhood Next To

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

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Yellow And Blue Houses In A Quiet Neighborhood Next To — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban neighborhood in Hicksville, New York, featuring a row of newly constructed houses in yellow and blue siding. The footage shows the homes in various stages of completion, with exposed wood framing and unfinished yards, set against a backdrop of bare winter trees. The camera pans slowly across the street, revealing the muddy, undeveloped lot and a prominent utility pole in the foreground. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and residential 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: 123368258

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

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s suburban development footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a quiet residential construction cutaway.
Period detail: Bare trees, unfinished lots, utility poles, and simple new house forms may show mid-century suburban expansion in Hicksville, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld pan has the observational feel of a resident or visitor recording a newly built neighborhood without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow siding, blue siding, sloped roofs, bare deciduous trees, muddy ground, utility poles, and unfinished yards.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, neighborhood transition, construction cutaway, or reflective memory beat about postwar suburbia.
Historical context: The clip visually documents modest new housing and undeveloped yard areas, suggesting residential growth without identifying specific builders or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but visible homes and property context should still be reviewed for copyright and property-use needs.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Hicksville home movie, Long Island suburban houses, 8mm neighborhood construction, and mid-century residential development.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel neighborhood material, then Hicksville or 1954 Long Island footage, then broader 1950s suburban housing and construction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing yellow and blue suburban houses with bare trees, muddy ground, and a foreground utility pole. — New houses and unfinished yards in a quiet Hicksville neighborhood.

1954 Hicksville frame with a yellow house and blue side wall beyond rough winter ground and leafless trees. — A new suburban house stands beyond rough ground and winter trees.

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a yellow house at the edge of the shot with bare trees and undeveloped ground. — The camera pans past a house edge toward open, unfinished neighborhood ground.

1954 Hicksville frame showing open undeveloped ground, leafless trees, and the partial edge of a yellow suburban house. — Open ground and bare trees lead into the edge of a newly built house.

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