Hicksville New York-1954: House Construction In Forest

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

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House Construction In Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a modest suburban house under construction in Hicksville, New York. The footage shows a newly built single-story home with dark siding and a sloped roof, surrounded by bare trees and disturbed earth. Later frames reveal the foundation and framing stage of construction, with concrete blocks and wooden beams visible against a backdrop of a dense forest. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, evoking mid-century Americana. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into postwar suburban development and residential building practices.

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: 123368380

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban development requests needing brief 8mm home-movie views of a modest house and early residential construction near woods.
Period detail: The small single-story house, concrete block foundation, lumber, bare trees, and disturbed ground may show mid-century postwar residential building practices.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records the construction site plainly from a family or homeowner vantage, preserving an unstaged look at a house taking shape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-sided house, porch supports, bare trees, dirt mounds, concrete blocks, lumber beams, branch debris, and wooded background.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight color shift, dark frame edges, and uneven exposure that give it clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for housing growth, family property, construction, or suburban change.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a modest new house and foundation work within a wooded suburban setting, without showing workers or public landmarks.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related use should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s 8mm house construction, Hicksville New York home movie, suburban building site, and wooded residential foundation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family or property footage, then Hicksville or 1954 material, then broader postwar suburban construction clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a small single-story house with porch supports and bare trees around the lot. — A modest single-story house stands on a cleared wooded lot.

1954 Hicksville frame showing a concrete block foundation, long lumber beams, dirt piles, and leafless trees behind the site. — Foundation blocks and stacked lumber sit at the edge of the woods.

Home-movie view of lumber laid over a block foundation in a wooded Hicksville construction area, with dirt and branches in front. — The camera lingers on the early foundation and rough building materials.

1954 Hicksville construction frame with long wood planks resting above concrete blocks, dirt banks, and leafless trees in the background. — Long planks span part of the unfinished foundation near the woods.

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