Hicksville New York-1954: Construction Site Foundation in Progress

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

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Construction Site Foundation in Progress — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a construction site in Hicksville, New York. The footage shows the early stages of a house foundation with concrete block walls and wooden floor joists laid out. A large pile of dirt sits beside the structure, surrounded by bare trees under a blue sky. The view is framed by a dark border, typical of Super 8 home movie footage, with visible film grain and color shifts characteristic of mid-century amateur film. A worker briefly appears near the end of the clip.

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: 123368403

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 U.S. suburban construction or postwar residential development cutaways in documentaries, museum pieces, and education programs.
Period detail: The 1954 metadata and visible concrete block foundation, exposed floor joists, bare trees, and amateur 8mm framing support a mid-century home-construction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, watching a nearby house foundation from a fixed or lightly handheld position as work continues briefly at the site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete block foundation walls, wooden joists, stacked lumber, a dirt mound, bare trees, rough ground, and a worker near the structure.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, uneven exposure, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for suburban building, family housing, or mid-century construction sequences.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for small-scale residential building activity in Hicksville, New York, without identifying the owner, address, or project.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1954 Hicksville New York construction site, 8mm home movie house foundation, and 1950s suburban building footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Hicksville or 1954 home-movie material, then broader 1950s construction and suburban housing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing an early house foundation with concrete blocks, floor joists, stacked lumber, and bare trees. — Early-stage house foundation with concrete block walls and lumber at the work site.

Hicksville, New York construction view with concrete block foundation, exposed joists, stacked boards, dirt mound, and winterlike trees. — Foundation walls and joists stretch across the construction site with trees behind.

Mid-century 8mm frame of the Hicksville house construction site, with block walls, floor framing, lumber, and a large dirt pile. — The camera holds on the foundation and lumber as the dirt mound fills the background.

1954 Hicksville construction frame showing a worker near the right edge beside the foundation, lumber, dirt mound, and bare trees. — A worker appears at the edge of the house foundation during the brief construction view.

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