Edinburgh Scotland-1952: Stone Workers Building Chimney on Roof

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationEdinbourgh, Scotland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Stone Workers Building Chimney on Roof — Clip Details

EDINBOURGH SCOTLAND-1952: Two men in 1950s workwear lay bricks on a roof, carefully constructing a chimney. Shot on 8mm film, this black-and-white home movie captures the meticulous masonry process with authentic grain and vintage imperfections. The workers use trowels to apply mortar, demonstrating traditional craftsmanship in a classic British setting. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century construction techniques and daily labor, ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124554152

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Edinbourgh, Scotland Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s British home-movie requests needing rooftop masonry labor, chimney construction, or tradesmen at work as a documentary insert.
Period detail: The workwear, hand trowels, brick chimney form, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show mid-century domestic construction practice in Scotland.
Home-movie behavior: The short view feels observational and unstaged, watching workers bend, reach, and apply mortar during a practical rooftop repair or build.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult workers, brick courses, wet mortar, trowels, a pitched chimney shape, roof edge, bright wall surface, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has high-contrast black-and-white 8mm grain, slight exposure fluctuation, soft focus, and contact-print framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, labor-process insert, transition into domestic repair, or memory beat about skilled manual work.
Historical context: The footage visually documents hand masonry work and rooftop labor without enough evidence to identify the building, employer, or exact project.
Research note: Adult workers are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Scotland 8mm chimney builders, black-and-white home movie masonry, rooftop bricklayers, and mid-century construction workers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then with other 1952 Scotland material, then with construction, trades, rooftops, masonry, or domestic repair themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 Scotland home-movie footage, two adult workers bend over brick courses while building or repairing a chimney with trowels. — Two workers apply mortar to brickwork on a rooftop chimney.

A 1950s rooftop masonry view shows two adult workers beside a partially built chimney, with one reaching toward fresh mortar. — Workers continue shaping the brick chimney with hand tools.

Black-and-white 8mm footage shows an adult worker troweling mortar on a rooftop chimney while another stands close by. — A trowel moves across the fresh mortar at the base of the chimney.

The final frame shows two adult workers bending around the partly built rooftop chimney in grainy 1952 Scotland home-movie footage. — Workers bend over the chimney as the short masonry sequence ends.

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