Birmingham Alabama-1957: Man In Plaid Shirt Hammering Shingles On Roof

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

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Man In Plaid Shirt Hammering Shingles On Roof — Clip Details

A man in a blue plaid shirt and cap works on a roof with a hammer, surrounded by dark shingles and white underlayment. Another worker in overalls and a fedora appears in later frames, both engaged in roofing tasks. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1957, shows natural daylight and a wooded background, capturing authentic mid-century labor. The grainy texture and color palette reflect vintage home movie quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into manual construction work.

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: 124931140

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 requests needing authentic home-movie footage of manual construction work in Birmingham, Alabama.
Period detail: The clothing, hand tools, roofing materials and 8mm color-home-movie look support a mid-century domestic labor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip observes workers concentrating on a roof task without staging, giving the scene practical, everyday home-movie value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a blue plaid shirt, a cap, hammer, pale roof underlayment, dark shingles, another worker, trees and strong daylight.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm detail, visible grain, mild color fading and handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, labor insert, renovation transition or memory beat within a mid-century home or work sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows roof repair or installation as small-scale manual work, with people using hand tools outdoors in a residential-looking setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or stock-footage licensing.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1950s Birmingham roofing work, 8mm home movie construction, man hammering shingles and mid-century outdoor labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Birmingham 1957 material, then broader 1950s home repair or manual labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Birmingham footage, a man in a blue plaid shirt and cap works with a hammer on pale roof underlayment beside dark shingles. — A worker kneels on the roof and positions a hammer near the roofing surface.

A roofer in a blue plaid shirt kneels on a Birmingham roof while another worker in overalls appears behind him near the shingles. — The main worker pauses with the hammer while a second worker is partly visible behind him.

The 1957 home-movie frame shows a man in plaid leaning into roofing work with a hammer, with another worker behind him. — The roofer leans forward to hammer or align material on the roof edge.

Two men work on a roof in Birmingham, Alabama, with the front worker kneeling near a hammer and pale roofing material. — Two workers continue roof work, the front man handling material while the second stands behind.

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