Birmingham Alabama-1957: Man Wearing Green Shirt Operates Yellow Bulldozer On A Construction Site

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Wearing Green Shirt Operates Yellow Bulldozer On A... — Clip Details

A man in a green shirt operates a yellow Caterpillar 955 Trac-Cavator bulldozer on a construction site in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1957. The 8mm home movie footage captures the tracked vehicle moving through dirt and mud near a brick building with white columns. The scene unfolds on a clear day, with trees in the background and the vintage film showing characteristic grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the era. The operator is visible in the cab as the machine works the ground.

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: 124932125

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American construction, earthmoving equipment, or Birmingham-area home-movie inserts in documentaries, museum media, and period industrial sequences.
Period detail: The yellow tracked loader, brick building with white columns, work clothes, and Kodachrome-like color shift support a late-1950s construction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged feel of a bystander filming machinery at work, with the operator partly visible as the loader moves through dirt near the building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow tracked loader, metal bucket, churned soil, a seated operator, brick walls, white columns, windows, and trees behind the work area.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, gate edges, and blue-magenta color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, construction insert, labor detail, or transition beat within a 1950s urban development or family-reel sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places mechanized earthmoving beside a substantial brick structure, offering social context for postwar-era building work without proving the project or property identity.
Research note: A person and Caterpillar branding appear visible, so copyright review is separate from possible likeness, trademark, and location or property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 Birmingham 8mm construction footage, yellow tracked loader, Caterpillar 955 Trac-Cavator, vintage bulldozer work, and 1950s home movie earthmoving.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Birmingham or Alabama 1957 material, then with broader 1950s construction, labor, machinery, or urban change footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Birmingham home-movie frame showing a yellow tracked loader working in soil beside a brick building with white columns. — A yellow tracked loader moves through dirt beside a brick building.

The yellow construction machine appears angled across churned soil, with brickwork, a window, and white columns visible in the background. — The loader turns across uneven soil near the building facade.

A close rear view shows the yellow loader, its tracks, bucket edge, dark soil, and the brick building behind it in 1950s Birmingham footage. — The machine fills the frame as it works close to the building.

A man in a green shirt operates the yellow tracked loader near churned soil and a brick building with white columns in Birmingham, 1957. — The operator is visible as the loader works along the dirt pile.

Visually Similar Clips