New York-1962: Worker Carrying Wooden Log Up Bridge During Day

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York

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Worker Carrying Wooden Log Up Bridge During Day — Clip Details

A worker in a dark uniform carries a long wooden log up a steep, metal-rail bridge structure under a deep blue sky. Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a moment of manual labor during a bright day. The footage shows the man steadily ascending the incline, with the bridge's wooden planks and metal supports clearly visible. The scene has a distinct retro quality with film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 footage from the early 1960s. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century construction or maintenance work in New York.

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: 127644744

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s New York editorial sequences needing a brief home-movie view of manual work on a steep bridge or elevated walkway structure.
Period detail: The saturated 8mm color, simple dark work clothing, wood planking, metal rails, and open utility-like structure support an early 1960s urban infrastructure impression.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from below and at a distance as a worker steadily carries a long wooden piece uphill, preserving an unstaged labor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a worker, long wooden log or beam, steep planked ramp, metal railings, vertical posts, truss supports, string lights or cable, and deep blue sky.
Film character: The clip has dense blue color, visible grain, slight softness, dark frame edges, and contact-sheet jitter typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway for labor, maintenance, bridge access, urban infrastructure, or a short transitional memory beat in a New York reel.
Historical context: The scene may show maintenance or construction-related work on an elevated structure, but the frames do not identify the bridge or the exact task.
Research note: A worker is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from location or person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 New York 8mm worker carrying beam, vintage bridge maintenance, home movie labor footage, and urban infrastructure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 New York material, then broader bridge, construction, labor, or city infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 New York 8mm frame showing a distant worker carrying a long wooden piece up a steep metal-railed structure. — A worker climbs the inclined bridge or walkway structure with a long wooden piece.

Distant worker on a steep railed structure in New York, carrying a long wooden piece against a deep blue sky. — The worker continues up the incline beside metal rails and vertical posts.

Home-movie frame of a worker on a steep planked structure with metal railings, shot in New York in 1962. — The worker is framed low on the structure with railings and wood planks prominent.

1962 New York 8mm frame with a worker on an elevated railed structure, seen beneath a clear blue sky. — The worker pauses or shifts position on the elevated structure near cables or string lights.

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