Nebraska-1958: Two Men Sit On The Roof Of A White House Replacing Shingles

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

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Two Men Sit On The Roof Of A White House Replacing Shingles — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: Two men in hats and overalls work on the roof of a white house, replacing shingles in this authentic 8mm home movie. Shot from below, their silhouettes stand against a pale sky, capturing a moment of manual labor and everyday life. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus reflect the era’s home movie aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American domestic work. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127611311

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: 1950s Nebraska home-movie footage suited to productions needing everyday domestic labor, roof repair, or rural and small-town American house maintenance.
Period detail: The hats, overalls, hand tools, white clapboard house, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century residential repair practices without identifying the specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged low-angle view of two men working and pausing on a roof, giving the scene ordinary household labor value rather than posed documentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, hats, overalls, a sloped roof, white siding, roof shingles, a window, and pale open sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the brief scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, labor insert, domestic memory beat, or transition within sequences about home repair, work, or 1950s daily life.
Historical context: The footage shows manual residential roof work on a modest white house, suggesting everyday maintenance in a Nebraska domestic setting.
Research note: People are visible in silhouette and the house appears identifiable as private property, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1950s Nebraska 8mm home movie roof repair, men replacing shingles, domestic labor footage, and mid-century house maintenance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 home scenes, then broader clips of roofing, repair work, and domestic labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men in hats appear on a Nebraska house roof in 1958 home-movie footage, viewed from below against the sky. — Two men pause near the ridge of a white house roof.

Two hat-wearing men sit on a sloped roof in 1958 Nebraska home-movie footage, with white siding below and sky behind them. — The workers sit along the roofline as the camera looks upward.

A low-angle 1958 Nebraska home-movie frame shows two men on a roof, silhouetted above white clapboard siding and a window. — Two roof workers are silhouetted above the house wall.

In a 1958 Nebraska roof-repair scene, one man bends toward the shingles while another sits near the edge of the white house roof. — One worker leans forward as the other remains seated on the roof.

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