Birmingham Alabama-1957: Man Building Wooden House Frame

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

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Man Building Wooden House Frame — Clip Details

A man in a dark jacket and pants works on the wooden frame of a house under construction in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1957. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him crouched on the roof structure, using a hammer to secure beams. The scene is set outdoors with bare trees in the background, suggesting early spring. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of vintage home movies. Another worker in overalls and a cap appears on a ladder, installing a wall stud. The footage offers a candid glimpse into mid-century DIY home building and construction labor.

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: 124930687

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial sequences needing candid home-movie views of residential construction, do-it-yourself building, or mid-century labor in Birmingham, Alabama.
Period detail: The 8mm footage shows unfinished dimensional lumber, work clothes, and bare trees, with the supplied 1957 Birmingham metadata supporting a mid-century residential building context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing workers as they hammer, balance on framing, and position lumber during active construction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include exposed wall framing, a roof or upper beam line, a hammering worker in dark clothing, another worker on a ladder, bare trees, and daylight exterior surroundings.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and uneven handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, construction cutaway, or memory beat within stories about housing, family projects, labor, or postwar-era domestic life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents small-scale residential building activity, with people working directly on an unfinished wood structure rather than in a polished commercial setting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 Birmingham 8mm construction footage, vintage home movie house framing, mid-century residential building, and workers hammering lumber.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Birmingham 1957 material, then broader 1950s home construction or labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Birmingham home-movie frame showing a man crouched on unfinished house framing while working with lumber outdoors. — A worker crouches on the upper frame of an unfinished wooden house.

A man works along the upper edge of a wooden house frame in Birmingham, Alabama, supported by the supplied 1957 metadata. — The worker leans over the top framing during construction.

8mm home-movie still of a man positioned on the upper framing of a house under construction in 1957 Birmingham. — A worker balances on the unfinished wall frame as construction continues.

A second worker in overalls and a cap stands on a ladder beside wall studs in the unfinished Birmingham house frame. — A worker on a ladder positions or checks lumber inside the wall framing.

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