Hicksville New York-1954: House Under Construction In A Wooded Suburban Site

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

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House Under Construction In A Wooded Suburban Site — Clip Details

HICKSVILLE NEW YORK-1954: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a house under construction in a wooded suburban setting. The footage shows a muddy, cleared lot surrounded by bare trees, with lumber and building materials scattered across the ground. A partially framed wooden structure stands in the foreground, with a completed section of the house visible. The scene is bathed in the soft, slightly faded color palette of mid-century film, with a distinct film grain and dark borders characteristic of 8mm home movies. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a 1950s residential building project.

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: 123368289

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: Useful for 1950s suburban development, home construction, and Long Island residential growth sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The bare lot, wood framing, scattered lumber, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s residential construction setting in Hicksville, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the building site from a family or neighborhood vantage point, preserving an unstaged record of a house taking shape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a muddy cleared lot, leafless trees, lumber piles, rough framing, a small house section, utility poles, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, and rounded dark borders give the clip the texture of scanned mid-century 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for suburban expansion, family housing, or postwar domestic memory.
Historical context: The footage shows small-scale residential building in a wooded suburban lot without showing workers, residents, signage, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are visible or audible in the supplied metadata, but copyright and property-context review may still be needed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Hicksville house construction, Long Island suburban building site, 8mm home movie lumber lot, and wooded residential construction may match.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Hicksville or 1954 material, then broader clips of suburban housing and home construction.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville 8mm frame showing a cleared wooded house site with mud, lumber piles, bare trees, and a small structure at right. — A cleared, muddy residential lot is surrounded by bare trees and scattered construction materials.

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame of a wooded suburban construction site with muddy ground, bare trees, lumber, and a house edge. — The camera holds on the muddy building site, with lumber and trees stretching across the background.

1954 Hicksville 8mm frame showing a partly built house in a wooded lot, with exposed framing and construction debris nearby. — A partially constructed house appears at the left edge of the wooded residential site.

1954 Hicksville frame showing a small house under construction, with exposed porch framing, lumber, bare trees, and muddy ground. — The house under construction is seen more clearly, with exposed wood framing and materials around the lot.

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