Hicksville New York-1954: Two Men Moving Heavy Furniture From Home

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

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Two Men Moving Heavy Furniture From Home — Clip Details

Two men work together to move a large piece of furniture from a house in Hicksville, New York, in 1954. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures the men carrying the heavy item out of a light-colored home with green siding and up a set of steps. The men wear casual 1950s attire, including short-sleeved shirts and trousers. The footage shows them maneuvering the furniture through a doorway and into a vehicle, with a suburban street and trees visible in the background. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123373742

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 suburban-life requests needing everyday moving-day labor, household transition, or mid-century home exterior activity in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The men’s short-sleeved shirts, trousers, light clapboard or shingle siding, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s domestic setting without visible brands or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged home-movie behavior as men coordinate a heavy furniture move through a doorway and around steps while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two or more adult men, a large cabinet or furniture piece, a house doorway, pale siding, steps, dark interior shadows, trees, and a glimpse of a vehicle or loading area.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, strong contrast between shadowed interiors and bright exteriors, and slight handheld framing that reads as family-record texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for moving house, domestic work, neighborhood life, or physical teamwork in the 1950s.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary postwar suburban household labor, with adults handling furniture at a home rather than a staged commercial or public event.
Research note: Adult faces are visible and the house exterior appears identifiable, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm home movie moving furniture, men carrying cabinet from house, Hicksville New York suburban home, and mid-century moving day footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1954 Hicksville home exteriors, and finally with broader moving, household labor, or suburban family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 Hicksville home-movie footage, adult men maneuver a large furniture piece through a shadowed doorway area. — Men begin moving a large piece of furniture in a dim doorway area.

Adult men carry a large cabinet or furniture piece near an open doorway, with daylight and trees visible beyond. — The furniture is carried toward or through a doorway beside a bright exterior opening.

Two adult men handle a heavy furniture piece outside a light-colored Hicksville house in 1954 home-movie footage. — The men adjust the large furniture piece near the house exterior.

Adult men maneuver a large furniture piece by a doorway and green siding, consistent with the 1954 Hicksville moving scene. — The furniture is carried along the house exterior beside a doorway and green siding.

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