Hicksville New York-1954: House Under Construction in Wooded Area

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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 Wooded Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a new house construction site in Hicksville, New York. The footage shows a partially built white house surrounded by bare trees in a wooded area, with piles of lumber and construction materials scattered across the muddy ground. The scene is framed by dark tree trunks, giving a voyeuristic feel, while the distinctive blue-tinted sky and film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century Americana atmosphere. The clip documents the early stages of suburban development, with no people visible, emphasizing the quiet transformation of the landscape.

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: 123368561

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: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests about postwar residential construction and suburban build sites.
Period detail: The bare trees, simple white house form, stacked lumber and muddy undeveloped ground may show mid-century residential construction conditions in Hicksville, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind dark foreground trunks, giving the scene an informal home-movie vantage rather than a staged construction record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white house, wooded lot, lumber stacks, muddy earth, bare trees, a small outbuilding and dark tree trunks framing the view.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue sky, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure and slight frame instability characteristic of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition or memory beat for suburban expansion, homebuilding, wooded lots or mid-century domestic change.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a new home within a wooded, still-unfinished landscape, suggesting residential development without proving a specific project or builder.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review is advised even if faces are not clear in these stills; copyright and property questions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s 8mm home construction, Hicksville New York house build, suburban development home movie and wooded residential lot footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Hicksville or 1954 material, then broader clips of house construction, suburbs and wooded residential landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a wooded residential construction site with stacked lumber, muddy ground and a small white structure beyond the trees. — A wooded build site is seen through dark foreground trunks, with lumber stacked on muddy ground.

1954 Hicksville frame showing construction materials in a wooded residential lot, with lumber piles and a small white structure partly visible behind trees. — Lumber and building materials sit in a partly cleared wooded lot during house construction.

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame of a muddy wooded construction area, with stacked lumber, scattered boards and a small white building at the left edge. — Scattered boards and lumber define the unfinished residential construction area.

1954 Hicksville frame showing a white house exterior on a raised foundation, surrounded by bare trees with a dark side structure attached or nearby. — The white house exterior appears near completion, set against bare trees and a wooded edge.

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