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Nebraska-1958: Workers on Roof Above Grassy Field

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

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

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Workers on Roof Above Grassy Field — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: Two men work on a sloped roof under an overcast sky, one holding a tool while the other crouches. The scene shifts to a wide grassy field with white-roofed structures in the distance, bordered by dense trees. A dirt path winds through the landscape, captured in grainy 8mm film with natural color tones and vintage imperfections. This archival home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century rural life and construction activity.

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
127611336

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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • fly
  • flight
  • men
  • grass
  • tree
  • trees
  • structures
  • buildings
  • rise
  • airplane
  • takes
  • field
  • holds
  • flags
  • top
  • roof
  • transportation
  • nebraska
  • 1958
  • 1958 Nebraska home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • rural America 1950s
  • men on roof
  • construction workers
  • grass field
  • white-roofed buildings
  • dirt path
  • overcast sky
  • 8mm home movie footage
  • archival film
  • vintage Americana
  • mid-century life
  • nostalgic home movie
  • 1950s construction
  • Nebraska countryside
  • grainy film
  • old film footage
  • retro 8mm

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful 1950s Nebraska 8mm material for productions needing rural aerial or elevated views, farm-field cutaways, and brief home-movie context around outdoor work.
Period detail
The clip may show mid-century rural structures, open grass fields, tree lines, and a dirt or gravel path, with the 1958 date supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, shifting from human roof work noted in metadata to distant landscape views filmed through a moving or obstructed frame.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include green fields, white-roofed structures, dense tree lines, a dirt path, distant outbuildings, dark frame bars, and grainy color exposure.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, color shift, and dark gate or window-edge framing that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a rural transition, agricultural landscape insert, construction-context cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s Nebraska sequence.
Historical context
The views provide visual context for rural mid-century land use and simple outbuildings without making specific claims about ownership, site, or activity beyond what is visible.
Research note
People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match
Searches such as 1958 Nebraska 8mm rural field, mid-century farm buildings, home movie aerial landscape, and men working on roof may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 home movies, then rural field, farm structure, roof work, airplane-view, or mid-century construction themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Nebraska 8mm view of a green rural field with distant white structures and trees, seen through dark vertical framing.
Distant white structures sit beyond a green field and tree line.
Rural Nebraska field view with a low white structure, trees, and dark film or window framing in a 1958 8mm home movie.
A low white building stands in a green field near dense trees.
1958 Nebraska rural view of a long white-roofed structure at the edge of a green field, backed by trees.
A long white structure borders the grassy field near the tree line.
Elevated 1958 Nebraska 8mm view of a dirt or gravel path, open fields, trees, and a small distant building cluster.
A dirt path winds through open fields toward small distant structures.

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