Birmingham Alabama-1957: Roofers Installing Shingles On A House

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

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Roofers Installing Shingles On A House — Clip Details

BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA-1957: A roofer in a blue plaid shirt and cap works on a shingled roof, using a hammer to secure tiles. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the detailed process of roof installation with natural daylight and visible film grain. Another worker in a light-colored hat and overalls appears in a later frame, focusing on a different section of the roof. The scene reflects mid-century American construction and manual labor, with a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality.

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: 124931107

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: Yes
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: Useful for 1950s U.S. home-movie requests needing documentary cutaways of residential construction, roofing work, or manual trades in Birmingham, Alabama.
Period detail: The clothing, hand tools, asphalt shingles, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-century domestic construction setting, consistent with the 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes roofers at close range as they work, giving an unstaged view of repetitive hand labor rather than a posed construction scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include roof shingles, a hammer, a kneeling roofer in a plaid shirt and cap, shingle packaging, a second worker in a light hat, and surrounding trees.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, cutaway, or transitional labor detail for stories about housing, trades, repair, neighborhood growth, or 1950s everyday work.
Historical context: The scene shows residential roof installation using hand tools and close physical labor, offering visual context for mid-century American building and repair practices.
Research note: People and possible packaging marks are visible, so likeness and brand review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm roofing footage, Birmingham Alabama construction home movies, roofers installing shingles, and vintage manual labor scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby footage from the same reel, then with other Birmingham 1957 material, and then with clips about home construction, trades, or exterior repair.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Birmingham, Alabama, 1957, a roofer in a plaid shirt and cap kneels on a roof and hammers shingles into place. — A roofer kneels on a light shingled roof while fastening shingles by hand.

A roofer in a cap and plaid shirt sits on the shingled roof in Birmingham, Alabama, with tools and loose roofing material nearby. — The roofer turns partly away while continuing work on the shingle course.

A 1957 Birmingham roofing scene shows a kneeling worker hammering shingles near visible roofing packages on a light-colored roof. — A close home-movie view shows hammering and shingle placement on the roof surface.

A second worker in a light hat and overalls appears on a Birmingham roof, working beside darker roofing material in 1957 home-movie footage. — Another roofer sits on a different roof section while handling materials by hand.

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