Nebraska-1958: Two Men Working On Construction Site And Operating Excavator

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

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Two Men Working On Construction Site And Operating Excavator — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1958: A man in a dark jacket and green cap works on a construction site, handling tools and materials near a pile of rocks and concrete. Another man in a red jacket operates a yellow tracked excavator in a grassy rural area, with houses and trees in the background. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures manual labor and early construction equipment in a nostalgic 1950s American setting.

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: 127612140

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: No
Audible music: No

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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 1950s U.S. construction, rural work, and home-movie labor inserts in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1950s small-scale construction, with work clothes, manual handling, and a yellow tracked excavator in a grassy Nebraska setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal observation of men working rather than a staged industrial film, with the camera lingering on practical labor and equipment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a green cap, dark work jacket, rocks, concrete or masonry material, a yellow tracked excavator, grass, trees, and distant houses.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for construction, maintenance, machinery, or midcentury rural work.
Historical context: The clip places construction labor and compact heavy equipment in a residential or rural landscape without proving a specific project or company.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance should be considered separately from identity or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Nebraska 8mm construction footage, 1950s excavator home movie, rural work crew, and vintage American machinery footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 material, then broader 1950s construction, machinery, and manual labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a green cap and dark work clothes handles materials near rocks and concrete in Nebraska 1958 home-movie footage. — A worker bends over tools or materials beside rocks and concrete.

Adult man in a red jacket operates a yellow tracked excavator in a grassy Nebraska setting with trees and houses behind him. — A worker sits at the controls of a yellow tracked excavator.

The tracked excavator is shown in profile with its bucket arm extended.

A man in a red jacket operates a yellow tracked excavator near grass, trees, and distant houses in archival Nebraska footage from 1958. — The excavator and operator remain framed against a grassy residential landscape.

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