Nebraska-1958: Two Men Fixing The Top Of The Roof Together

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

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Two Men Fixing The Top Of The Roof Together — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: Two men work together on a residential roof, one standing and passing supplies while the other crouches to install shingles. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a moment of manual labor under a pale sky, with the house's white siding and dark roof visible. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film borders evoke mid-century Americana, offering authentic archival footage of everyday work in the 1950s.

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: 127611324

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing 1958 Nebraska home-movie footage of residential repair work and mid-century everyday labor.
Period detail: The dark roof, white siding, simple work clothes, and 8mm color home-movie look may show a late-1950s residential setting in Nebraska.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged domestic feel as one man passes material while another crouches at the roof edge to continue the repair.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men on a sloped roof, a shingle or tool in hand, white house siding, a window, roof trim, pale sky, and film frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, soft focus, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and frame-edge borders that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for home repair, family property upkeep, or everyday work in the 1950s.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for domestic maintenance and informal cooperative labor without asserting the relationship between the men or the house.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and residential property context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1958 Nebraska roof repair, 8mm home movie men working on house, vintage shingling footage, and 1950s domestic labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 home scenes, then broader 1950s residential work or repair footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Nebraska home-movie footage, two men are on a residential roof, one standing with material while the other crouches near the ridge. — Two men coordinate roof repair on a sloped residential roof.

The standing worker holds a flat piece of material toward the crouching worker on a Nebraska residential roof in the 1958 home movie. — One man hands roofing material toward another near the roof peak.

Two men remain on the sloped roof, with one bending forward and the other crouched near the edge of the visible house exterior. — The roof work continues with both men positioned near the peak.

Near the end of the clip, one man stands holding roofing material while the other stays crouched beside the roof ridge on the Nebraska house. — A standing worker holds material beside a crouched worker on the roof.

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