Hicksville New York-1954: House Under Construction In Fall Season

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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 Fall Season — Clip Details

Hicksville, New York - 1954: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a suburban house under construction during autumn. The single-story home features exposed wooden framing, partially installed gray siding, and a shingled roof with visible vents. Piles of dirt and construction materials surround the foundation, with bare trees in the background under a pale blue sky. The footage shows the house progressing through various stages of completion, with windows installed and exterior walls being finished. Shot on 8mm film with characteristic grain and color saturation of the era, this archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American home building.

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: 123369587

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 a brief construction cutaway, establishing insert, or domestic growth detail from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The low ranch-style form, asphalt roof, small divided windows, exposed foundation, and autumn bare trees may show mid-century Long Island residential construction.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the unfinished house from outside at a family-record distance, preserving an unstaged record of a home being built rather than a formal construction survey.
What appears in frame: Visible details include an unfinished single-story house, shingled roof, small windows, exposed lower wall, dirt piles, loose materials, bare trees, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm color texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that reinforces its original home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, transition, or visual shorthand for postwar suburban building and domestic change.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a house in progress within a wooded suburban lot, offering context for mid-century residential expansion without identifying builders or occupants.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Hicksville house construction, 8mm suburban home building, Long Island residential development, and autumn construction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home-construction shots, then Hicksville or 1954 domestic footage, then broader 1950s suburban housing and home-improvement material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a single-story house under construction with exposed siding, roof vents, dirt piles, and autumn trees. — The clip opens on the unfinished house with installed windows, exposed lower wall sections, and construction earth around the foundation.

1954 Hicksville frame of the house exterior during construction, with gray siding sections, roof vents, installed windows, and bare trees in back. — A steadier view shows the side of the partially finished house, including roof vents, window openings, and unfinished ground around the base.

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing the gable end of the unfinished house, with windows, roofline, exposed foundation openings, and materials nearby. — The camera angle shifts toward the gable end, showing installed windows, open foundation areas, and construction materials on the ground.

1954 Hicksville frame showing the gable side of the house under construction, with small windows, exposed foundation, stacked blocks, and autumn trees. — The final frame holds on the gable side, where the unfinished foundation, stacked blocks, and dirt embankment remain visible.

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