Phoenix Arizona USA-1956: Pan American Van And Storage Co Truck

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Phoenix Arizona

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Pan American Van And Storage Co Truck — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1956 in Phoenix, Arizona, captures a Pan American Van and Storage Co. delivery truck parked on a quiet street. The dark blue van features a prominent white sign with bold red lettering and a red U.S. map graphic. Utility poles and wires line the background under an overcast sky, with a person briefly visible near the open rear doors. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking mid-century Americana and commercial nostalgia.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120779854

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: 1956 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: Phoenix, Arizona, 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 mid-1950s Phoenix street footage with a commercial moving and storage truck as an urban Americana detail.
Period detail: The rounded truck body, painted sign panel, utility poles, overhead wires, and muted color 8mm look support the supplied 1956 Phoenix setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged street-side observer perspective, with the camera lingering briefly on the parked truck and a person near the open rear doors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark delivery truck, a large Pan American Van and Storage Co. side sign, red lettering, a red U.S. map graphic, utility poles, overhead wires, a nearby building edge, and a person by the rear doors.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, purple color shift, modest exposure variation, dust marks, and slight handheld blur that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, commercial streetscape cutaway, transportation detail, or transition beat within a mid-century urban sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually places a branded moving and storage vehicle on a quiet Phoenix street, suggesting everyday service business activity without making claims beyond the visible truck and surroundings.
Research note: Human review should consider the visible company branding and brief person near the truck, with copyright, trademark, likeness, and location issues assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this clip through searches for 1950s 8mm Phoenix street scene, Pan American Van and Storage truck, vintage moving company van, or mid-century commercial vehicle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1956 Phoenix street material, then broader mid-century business vehicle or moving company scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Phoenix street view of a dark Pan American Van and Storage Co. truck with red lettering on a white side sign, overhead wires, and soft 8mm color shift. — Pan American Van and Storage Co. truck parked on the street.

The truck remains parked in the 1956 Phoenix street scene, showing the Pan American Van and Storage Co. sign, red map graphic, utility poles, and part of a nearby building. — Truck side signage with utility poles in the background.

A 1956 Phoenix frame shows the Pan American Van and Storage Co. truck with its rear area open and a person briefly visible near the doorway, alongside poles and wires. — Person briefly visible near the truck's rear doors.

Final 1956 Phoenix view of the branded storage truck, with the bold red sign text, red U.S. map graphic, utility poles, and a person partly visible at the rear doorway. — Branded storage truck with a person at the rear doorway.

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