Illinois USA-1962: Rural Construction Site with Gravel Pile and Crane

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Rural Construction Site with Gravel Pile and Crane — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a rural construction site in Illinois. A large pile of gravel dominates the landscape, surrounded by scattered trees under an overcast sky. As the clip progresses, a small white trailer and a crane appear on the hillside, indicating ongoing development. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and dark borders, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123716989

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Illinois, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves 1960s American infrastructure and rural development documentaries as an authentic ground-level record of a Midwestern construction operation.
Period detail: Equipment silhouettes and a small site trailer may indicate early-1960s rural road or utility construction; overcast flat sky is consistent with Illinois landscape.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a stationary or slowly panning position at distance, suggesting a local resident documenting nearby development with casual curiosity rather than professional intent.
What appears in frame: Large conical gravel aggregate pile, bare disturbed earth, deciduous trees along a ridge, overcast pale sky, small white site trailer, crane boom arm, and exposed hillside.
Film character: Heavy circular vignette from the 8mm gate, cool blue-lavender color shift in the sky, visible grain throughout, and muted earth tones give the footage authentic period texture.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing shot or B-roll cutaway in a documentary on 1960s American infrastructure growth, rural industrialization, or Midwest development history.
Historical context: Rural construction of this scale was common across the Midwest in the early 1960s as highway programs and suburban development accelerated; no specific project can be confirmed from visuals.
Research note: No identifiable faces or legible signage confirmed in any frame; property rights and any project identification should be independently verified before editorial use.
Research search match: Likely matches queries such as '1960s rural construction 8mm,' 'Midwest earthworks vintage footage,' 'gravel site home movie,' or 'Illinois infrastructure historical film.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 1962 Illinois reel; then contemporaneous Midwest construction or highway B-roll; then 1960s American infrastructure montages.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame circa 1962, Illinois — large conical gravel aggregate mound on a rural construction site with deciduous trees on the ridge. — Gravel aggregate pile at rural Illinois construction site, 1962.

8mm film frame circa 1962, Illinois — gravel pile and sparse treeline under pale overcast sky at a rural construction site. — Gravel mound and treeline, rural Illinois construction site, 1962.

8mm home movie circa 1962, Illinois — construction site showing gravel pile, white site trailer, and crane equipment on a disturbed hillside. — Construction site with trailer and crane boom, rural Illinois, 1962.

8mm film circa 1962, Illinois — wider view of rural construction site showing white trailer, crane arm, large gravel pile, and treeline. — Crane and site trailer on rural construction hillside, Illinois, 1962.

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