Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Victor Hotel On Street Corner Cut With A Clip Of Golden Car

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Colorado

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1973 captures the Victor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with its prominent signage advertising rooms, dining, bar, and a Western Buffet. The grainy, color-saturated film shows the hotel's brick facade and arched entrance under daylight. The scene cuts to a golden 1970s American sedan parked on a quiet street, highlighting classic automotive design and the era's urban landscape. This authentic home movie offers nostalgic, archival footage of mid-70s American life and architecture.

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: 120960915

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 1382 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: colorado springs
Date: 1973 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: Colorado Springs, Colorado, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1973 8mm clip supports archival requests for 1970s Colorado Springs street life, older hotel frontage, and period automobile cutaways for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: Visible period detail includes the Victor Hotel storefront signage, brick urban facade, hand-painted entertainment and dining notices, and a gold 1970s American sedan on a quiet city street.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, lingering on the hotel facade and then cutting to a nearby parked car as casual observations of the streetscape.
What appears in frame: The frames show the Victor Hotel sign, arched entrance canopy, large window posters, brick building exterior, street corner, utility pole, gold sedan, curb, and fire hydrant.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries warm color saturation, visible grain, slight softness, handheld framing, and contact-sheet-like frame duplication that preserves the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, urban memory beat, hotel exterior cutaway, or transition from architecture to period automobile detail.
Historical context: The clip documents a small section of Colorado Springs in 1973 through visible commercial hotel signage, street frontage, and automotive design without making broader claims about the area.
Research note: Visible hotel signage and possible people or faces inside the doorway or windows warrant review for trademark, likeness, and location-identification issues, separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm hotel exterior, Victor Hotel street corner, vintage hotel signage, Western Buffet sign, and gold 1970s car on city street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Colorado Springs street footage, then other 1973 Colorado locations, and then broader 1970s hotel exterior, urban signage, or classic car cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs view of the Victor Hotel facade with brick exterior, arched entrance canopy, and signs for rooms, dining, bar, and entertainment. — Victor Hotel facade and street-level signage.

The Victor Hotel exterior in Colorado Springs appears with an open doorway, arched canopy, storefront windows, and prominent 1970s hotel and dining signage. — Hotel entrance and window advertisements.

A closer 1973 view of the Victor Hotel street frontage shows the arched entry, storefront glass, large hand-lettered poster, and signs for dining, bar, and buffet service. — Street-front hotel signage and entrance.

A gold 1970s American sedan is parked along a Colorado Springs street near a fire hydrant, curb, older building facade, and sloped grassy lot. — Gold sedan on a quiet city street.

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