Birmingham Alabama-1957: Man Wearing Tan Pants Places Grey Bricks In Row On A

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Birmingham Alabama

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Man Wearing Tan Pants Places Grey Bricks In Row On A — Clip Details

A man in a patterned blue shirt, tan pants, and a light-colored cap works on a construction site in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1957. He bends over to place grey concrete blocks in a row, building a foundation with wooden supports. The 8mm home movie footage shows a clear day with natural light, capturing the manual labor and materials of mid-century construction. The scene is shot on vintage 8mm film, with authentic color and grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life and building practices of the era.

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: 124930331

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 1068 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: home construction 909 landale rd., jh wisdom
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: birmingham alabama
Date: 1957 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: Birmingham, Alabama, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Birmingham construction, home improvement, or manual labor requests needing brief color 8mm cutaways.
Period detail: The clothing, concrete blocks, wood formwork, and handheld color 8mm texture support a mid-century residential or small-site building scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a man methodically setting concrete blocks rather than posing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a cap, patterned blue shirt, tan pants, grey concrete blocks, wood supports, dirt bank, and tools or pipes nearby.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld framing that read as authentic scanned home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, labor cutaway, construction transition, or memory beat within a 1950s everyday-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale building work and manual handling of concrete blocks in Birmingham, Alabama, as recorded in a 1957 home movie.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1957 Birmingham home movie construction, 1950s 8mm man laying concrete blocks, or mid-century building work footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel construction or family scenes, then Birmingham 1957 material, then broader 1950s home-movie labor or building clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Birmingham, Alabama, a man in tan pants and a cap bends to place grey concrete blocks beside wooden supports. — A man places concrete blocks along a small foundation area.

A man works along a row of grey blocks at a Birmingham construction site, with wood supports and a dirt slope behind him. — The worker reaches down while arranging blocks near timber formwork.

The worker stands over grey blocks in 1957 Birmingham footage, with a dirt bank, wood framing, and construction materials around him. — The man stands over the block row during small-scale construction work.

A man in a patterned shirt and tan pants works beside concrete blocks and timber supports in Birmingham, Alabama, 1957. — The worker continues arranging blocks beside the dirt cut and wood supports.

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