Nebraska-1958: Men Repairing Roof Of A White House On A Clear Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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Men Repairing Roof Of A White House On A Clear Day — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: Men repair a white house roof under a clear blue sky in this vintage 8mm home movie. Workers in hats and casual clothes install shingles and handle materials on the sloped roof, with a prominent TV antenna visible against the bright backdrop. The footage captures authentic mid-century labor and suburban life, showcasing the grainy texture and color palette of 8mm film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday American history, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127611293

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-life edits needing brief exterior roof repair, household maintenance, or small-town labor footage from Nebraska.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century residential roofing work, with brimmed hats, hand-carried materials, a steep roofline, and a rooftop TV antenna visible against the sky.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual home-movie view of people working on a roof rather than a staged construction scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men on a sloped house roof, roofing materials, a white gable wall, a TV antenna, blue sky, hats, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated blue sky, visible grain, soft silhouettes, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for domestic upkeep, neighborhood life, or hands-on repair work.
Historical context: The footage places roof repair within everyday residential life, showing people handling materials on a house exterior in an informal home-movie setting.
Research note: People and a house exterior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may need review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s Nebraska home movie roof repair, 8mm men repairing house roof, vintage residential maintenance, and rooftop antenna footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Nebraska 1958 home exteriors, then broader 1950s domestic repair and neighborhood-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Nebraska 1958 home-movie footage, several men appear on a sloped house roof with roofing material and a TV antenna nearby. — Several men handle roofing materials on a house roof beside a rooftop antenna.

Two people are silhouetted on the sloped roof of a Nebraska house, with one holding or passing roofing material near the ridge. — Two figures work near the roof ridge with materials visible against the sky.

The roof repair continues with two figures on the sloped roof of the house, one lower on the slope and one higher near the antenna line. — Two rooftop workers pause or handle materials on the sloped house roof.

Two figures are visible on the Nebraska house roof, silhouetted against the sky as the repair work continues near the gable end. — Rooftop repair work continues with two figures silhouetted on the roofline.

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