Nebraska-1958: Men Working On The Construction Of A House Roof And Fixing What

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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Men Working On The Construction Of A House Roof And... — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: Men work on the roof of a house under a clear blue sky, installing shingles and securing materials. A wooden ladder leans against the structure as workers in period-appropriate clothing perform construction tasks. A prominent antenna stands on the roof, and the footage captures the scene through the grainy, color-graded lens of 8mm home movie film. The handheld camera angle and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American home improvement moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127611264

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Nebraska, United States 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

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Nebraska 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational edits needing residential roof construction, repair work, or mid-century domestic labor scenes.
Period detail: The roofline, wooden ladder, work clothing, rooftop antenna, and color 8mm stock support the 1958 home-improvement setting noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of men moving carefully on a house roof while a handheld camera watches from below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shingled roof, wooden ladder, rooftop antenna, blue sky, workers in dark clothing, roof edge, and scattered building materials.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, saturated blue sky, gate-edge darkness, slight softness, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century home repair, neighborhood building, or family property maintenance.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-scale residential construction or repair in a mid-century American home setting without making claims about the workers or household.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Nebraska 8mm home movie roof work, men repairing house roof, mid-century residential construction, or rooftop antenna footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home-improvement footage, then other Nebraska 1958 domestic exterior scenes, then broader 1950s residential construction clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Nebraska home-movie frame showing a house roof, ladder, antenna, and roof edge seen from below. — A ladder rests against the roofline near a rooftop antenna beneath a clear sky.

A 1958 Nebraska roof detail shows a ladder propped at the edge with a rooftop antenna above the shingles. — The camera frames the ladder and antenna along the upper edge of the house roof.

Men work and stand on a Nebraska house roof in 1958, with an antenna and roof edge visible against the sky. — Workers are positioned along the roof while the camera looks upward from below.

A 1958 Nebraska frame shows men bent over and standing on a sloped house roof near a rooftop antenna. — Men continue roof work around the antenna as the handheld camera holds a low angle.

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