Hicksville New York-1954: View Of A House Under Construction With A Classic Car And Dirt Pile

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

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View Of A House Under Construction With A Classic Car... — Clip Details

Hicksville, New York - 1954: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a residential construction site during the mid-1950s. A single-story house is under construction, with exposed framing and unfinished siding. A classic purple sedan is parked nearby, and a large pile of dirt dominates the yard. The scene is framed by bare trees, suggesting late autumn or early spring. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into suburban development in the 1950s.

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: 123369746

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 home-movie cutaways of residential construction in Hicksville, New York.
Period detail: The single-story house, bare yard, dirt piles, utility pole, and parked mid-century sedan may show postwar residential building activity.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual roadside or yard position, preserving an unstaged family-record view of a house in progress.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an unfinished house, dirt piles, bare trees, a utility pole, scattered lumber or debris, and a parked dark sedan.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight framing variation typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for suburban growth, homebuilding, or family property history.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a modest residential lot within a wooded suburban setting without documenting named builders or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright, location identification, and property-related uses still require review.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1950s 8mm home movie house construction, Hicksville New York residential building, or suburban construction cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family or property scenes, then Hicksville 1954 material, then broader 1950s suburban construction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a house under construction with dirt piles, bare trees, a utility pole, and a dark sedan. — A residential construction site with a partially visible parked sedan and bare trees around the lot.

Hicksville, New York frame from 1954 showing a residential lot with dirt piles, trees, a utility pole, and a partial dark sedan. — The camera looks across a construction lot toward the side of a house and wooded background.

1954 Hicksville frame showing a single-story house under construction with a bare yard, utility pole, dirt pile, and materials near the foundation. — A wider view shows the house exterior, unfinished ground, and construction materials in the yard.

Hicksville 1954 home-movie frame showing a single-story house on a rough construction lot with dirt piles and bare trees. — The house is seen across an unfinished yard with a dirt pile and wooded background.

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