Birmingham Alabama-1957: Man Laying Roof Shingles On House

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

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Man Laying Roof Shingles On House — Clip Details

A man in a fedora and work clothes installs asphalt shingles on a residential roof in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1957. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the worker using a hammer and tools to secure the roofing material. The scene shows a clear day with strong shadows, highlighting the texture of the shingles and the man’s focused labor. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film borders evoke authentic mid-century home movie nostalgia. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into everyday construction work from the 1950s.

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: 124931154

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 documentary or educational edits needing everyday residential repair, manual trade work, or home-improvement labor in Birmingham, Alabama.
Period detail: The fedora, work clothes, asphalt shingles, hand tools, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century residential repair scene, with the 1957 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes roof work from a nearby vantage point, preserving an unstaged view of a worker handling shingles and tools during a brief home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a shingled roof, hammer or hand tool, loose roofing strips, strong sunlight, roof shadows, film borders, and a second worker in the final frame.
Film character: The clip has the grain, slight color fade, exposure variation, and contact-frame edges associated with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, labor insert, home-repair transition, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about housing, trades, or mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The scene shows manual roof-shingle installation on a residential structure, offering visual context for everyday house maintenance and small-scale construction work.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be evaluated separately from any location or personality rights.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1950s roof repair 8mm footage, Birmingham Alabama home movie, man laying shingles, and mid-century residential construction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Birmingham or 1957 residential scenes, then with broader roofing, construction, or manual labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Birmingham, Alabama, a man in a hat and work clothes sits on a residential roof while handling a tool beside asphalt shingles. — A roof worker sits near loose shingles while handling a tool in strong sunlight.

The worker remains seated on the Birmingham roof, turned partly away beside loose asphalt shingles and roofing tools. — The seated worker pauses beside roofing material on the shingled surface.

A man in work clothes leans over roofing material on a Birmingham residential roof, continuing shingle installation or repair. — The worker bends toward the loose roofing strips while continuing the repair.

Another worker kneels on the Birmingham roof near loose shingles and stacked roofing material, seen from behind in the final frame. — A second worker kneels near roofing material as the shot shifts across the roof.

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