Birmingham Alabama-1957: Men Constructing Wooden Roof Frame

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

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Men Constructing Wooden Roof Frame — Clip Details

BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA-1957: Men work on a wooden roof frame under bright sunlight, their figures silhouetted against the dark background. A man in a blue striped shirt carries long planks, while another in a white shirt kneels to secure beams. The 8mm film captures the rhythmic labor of construction, with visible film grain and natural lighting emphasizing the era's home movie aesthetic. This archival footage offers a glimpse into mid-century building practices and manual craftsmanship.

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: 124930815

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 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: 1950s Birmingham construction footage suited for documentary cutaways on residential building, manual labor, carpentry, and mid-century home-movie records.
Period detail: The open lumber framing, hand tools, work clothes, and 8mm color exposure may show mid-century small-scale roof construction practices.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, watching workers move planks and secure boards from a close rooftop vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooden roof joists, long planks, angled rafters, silhouetted workers, a kneeling man, bright sunlight, and dark background shadows.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with coarse grain, strong contrast, slight softness, and exposure shifts across the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor cutaway, construction transition, or tactile memory beat within a 1950s domestic or regional sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents men performing roof-framing labor in Birmingham, with the emphasis on hand placement, lumber handling, and worksite movement.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable brands are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1957 Birmingham 8mm construction footage, men framing a roof, mid-century carpentry, or home movie building work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Birmingham or 1957 material, then broader scenes of mid-century construction and manual work.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Birmingham footage shows a worker in a striped shirt moving a long board across exposed wooden roof framing. — A worker carries lumber across the open roof frame as sunlight catches the joists.

A silhouetted man stands near exposed roof joists and angled framing lumber in the 1957 Birmingham construction scene. — A worker stands in silhouette beside the framed roof structure.

Men on a Birmingham roof frame work among joists and planks, with one man bending close to the lumber. — Workers move and position boards across the roof framing.

A man in a white shirt kneels on the exposed roof frame, working beside long boards in the Birmingham 1957 footage. — A kneeling worker secures or positions lumber on the open roof frame.

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