Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: White House Lifted from Its Foundation

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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White House Lifted from Its Foundation — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a white clapboard house being lifted from its foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The footage shows the structure elevated on wooden supports, with a ladder leaning against the side and debris scattered around the yard. A pine tree stands nearby, and a blue truck is visible in the background. The grainy, color-saturated quality of the Super 8 footage evokes mid-century Americana, offering a rare glimpse into residential construction or relocation practices of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402502

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$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1956 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: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 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 residential construction, house moving, or mid-century neighborhood infrastructure sequences in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The white clapboard siding, exterior ladder, elevated structure, and blue truck may show mid-century residential relocation or foundation work.
Home-movie behavior: The short home-movie view feels observational and unstaged, watching an unusual house-lifting scene from close range around the property.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white clapboard house, open or broken windows, a ladder, foundation supports, yard debris, a pine tree, and a blue truck in the background.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or visual evidence beat for housing, construction, moving, or neighborhood change.
Historical context: The clip documents a residential structure raised from its foundation, offering visual context for domestic building work without showing workers or residents.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright, location identification, and property-related permissions should still be assessed for the intended use.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1950s Grand Rapids 8mm house moving, white clapboard house lifted, residential foundation work, or vintage home construction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1956 Grand Rapids footage, then clips of residential construction, house moving, or mid-century neighborhoods.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a white clapboard house elevated on supports with a ladder and yard debris nearby. — A raised white house is shown from the side with a ladder against the wall.
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1956 Grand Rapids frame looking through dark foreground edges toward the raised house area, with a blue truck visible beyond the yard. — A partial view of the work area includes a building corner, raised structure, and blue truck.
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1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a close side view of the white clapboard house with a broken or open window. — The camera moves close to the house siding and a dark window opening.
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1956 Grand Rapids frame showing the house wall, window, and shadowed gap beneath the elevated structure near the foundation line. — A final close view shows the side wall and the open space under the raised house.
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