Nebraska-1958: Man Works On Railway Construction Site

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

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Man Works On Railway Construction Site — Clip Details

A man in a dark jacket and green cap works at a railway construction site in Nebraska, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him bent over, handling tools and materials near a trench. The scene includes scattered rocks, wooden planks, and a cardboard box, with a gritty, authentic home movie quality. The grainy texture and muted colors reflect the era's amateur film style. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century manual labor and infrastructure development.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127612133

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Supports 1950s documentary or educational requests for small-scale railway construction, manual labor, and infrastructure work in Nebraska home-movie footage.
Period detail: The dark work jacket, cap, gloves, hand tools, rough trench, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century field labor rather than a staged construction scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the worker's repeated bending and handling of materials from a close, elevated home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a green cap, work gloves, a dark jacket, dirt trench, scattered rocks, wooden planks, concrete edges, and a cardboard box.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition beat for rail work, manual labor, construction process, or remembered local infrastructure.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for hands-on outdoor work around rail-related construction materials without proving the project scale or exact worksite purpose.
Research note: A visible adult worker and a marked cardboard box call for likeness and brand review, while copyright and property permissions remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Nebraska railway construction, 1950s manual labor home movie, 8mm railroad worksite, and vintage infrastructure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 material, then broader 1950s rail, construction, and manual labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Nebraska 1958 footage, a man in a dark jacket and green cap bends over work materials beside rocks, planks, and a trench. — Worker bends over materials near a rough trench and scattered stones.

The worker crouches at the rail construction site, reaching toward the ground near rocks, boards, concrete, and a cardboard box. — Crouching worker handles material at the edge of the trench.

In the 1958 Nebraska home-movie frame, the man leans forward over a rough work area with a box, plank, rocks, and dirt around him. — The worker leans across the trench area while handling materials.

The man bends low beside a plank and marked cardboard box at the Nebraska railway worksite, with rocks and dirt surrounding the trench. — Worker bends low beside a plank and box in the rocky work area.

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