Ephesus Turkey-1962: Three Men Lifting Utility Pole in Ephesus

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Three Men Lifting Utility Pole in Ephesus — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this archival footage captures three men working together to lift and position a large wooden utility pole at a roadside location in Ephesus, Turkey. Dressed in casual work clothes, one man wears a distinctive red cap as they coordinate their efforts. A vintage flatbed truck and several classic cars are parked nearby, with mobile homes or trailers visible in the background under an overcast sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of mid-century vintage and everyday labor, offering authentic period detail for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 126981599

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ephesus, Turkey Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival sequences needing real roadside labor, infrastructure work, teamwork, or everyday travel-era activity in Turkey.
Period detail: The visible flatbed truck, rounded classic cars, simple work clothing, and physical 8mm color stock support a mid-century setting consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observational quality as the camera watches men coordinate by hand to raise and steady a large wooden pole beside a road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, a large wooden utility pole, a dark flatbed truck, parked light-colored cars, roadside ground, trailers or mobile homes, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm detail, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert or cutaway for manual work, infrastructure maintenance, travel memory, or period roadside atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale physical labor in a roadside setting without visible machinery doing the lift, suggesting practical cooperation in an everyday public environment.
Research note: Adult faces are visible and should be reviewed for likeness concerns, while copyright, location, and any property considerations remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1962 8mm Turkey roadside work, men lifting utility pole, vintage flatbed truck, Ephesus home movie, and mid-century infrastructure labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Ephesus or Turkey travel material, and then broader clips of manual labor, roadside scenes, trucks, or utility work.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Ephesus, Turkey, three adult men appear to push and steady a large wooden utility pole near a dark flatbed truck and parked cars. — Men steadying a roadside utility pole.
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Three men in work clothes, including one wearing a red cap, reposition a wooden pole at a roadside location in Ephesus, Turkey, according to the clip metadata. — Workers reposition the pole beside the truck.
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The tall wooden pole is nearly upright as two men hold it and a third man stands nearby, with a vintage flatbed truck and cars in the background. — Pole held nearly upright.
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At the end of the clip, the men brace the leaning wooden pole beside the road, with the flatbed truck, parked cars, and trailer-like structures behind them. — Men bracing the leaning pole.
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