Birmingham Alabama-1957: Two Construction Workers Constructing The Roof Of A

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

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Two Construction Workers Constructing The Roof Of A — Clip Details

BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA-1957: Two construction workers build a wooden roof frame on a sunny day. One man in a blue plaid shirt and dark overalls handles beams, while another in a light-colored long-sleeve shirt positions lumber. The scene captures the teamwork and physical labor of mid-century home construction, with natural light and film grain characteristic of 8mm home movie footage. The setting is outdoors, surrounded by trees, with the wooden trusses forming a diagonal pattern across the frame. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s American construction life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124930721

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports archival requests for 1950s American home construction, roof framing, and worker activity in Birmingham, Alabama for documentary, educational, or editorial use.
Period detail: The visible clothing, hand-lifted lumber, exposed roof framing, and 8mm home-movie texture may show mid-century residential building work consistent with the supplied 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes two workers informally from a nearby vantage point as they handle and position lumber on an unfinished roof frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, pale wooden beams, diagonal roof trusses, dark overalls, a light long-sleeve shirt, bare trees, blue sky, and strong outdoor sunlight.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm look with visible grain, slight exposure variation, muted color, and handheld framing that preserves the physical-film character of a home movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, construction cutaway, labor detail, or transition beat within a sequence about housing, manual work, or 1950s domestic life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents small-scale building labor and roof-frame assembly without showing identifiable company signage, machinery, or public landmarks.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, location, and any property permissions should be assessed separately from the absence of visible brands.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1957 Birmingham Alabama construction footage, 1950s roof framing, 8mm home movie builders, and mid-century residential construction workers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Birmingham 1957 material, and then thematically related clips of housing construction, workers, lumber, and mid-century home life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Birmingham, Alabama, 1957, two adult construction workers stand among diagonal wooden roof framing, with trees and sky behind them. — Workers move through an unfinished roof frame.

In the 1957 Birmingham construction scene, one worker in a light shirt stands behind the roof beams while another in dark overalls moves along the right edge. — A worker pauses behind the roof beams.

A man in a light long-sleeve shirt handles a piece of lumber within an unfinished roof structure in Birmingham, Alabama, based on the supplied clip metadata. — Lumber is positioned within the roof frame.

A construction worker appears to lift or steady a board inside the diagonal roof frame, with another worker partially visible at the right edge. — A board is raised against the roof frame.

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