South Dakota USA-1974: Keystone Cafe With Bear Statue And Conoco Sign

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 South Dakota

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Keystone Cafe With Bear Statue And Conoco Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1974 in South Dakota, USA, showing the Keystone Cafe, a rustic wooden building with a large bear statue on the roof. A man in a hat and jacket stands at the counter while a Conoco sign and Gifts Souvenirs display are visible. The scene captures a classic roadside stop with forest trees in the background, showcasing warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain typical of Super 8 footage.

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: 120969857

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: 1974 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: South Dakota, 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: 1970s South Dakota roadside travel footage for productions needing a brief editorial insert of a small-town cafe, souvenir stop, or tourist-route streetscape.
Period detail: The frame may show 1974-era roadside commercial styling through the wood-front cafe, neon-style cafe lettering, Conoco sign, souvenir signage, and bear statue used as exterior attraction decor.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged value of a traveler pausing on a roadside business while an adult visitor or customer stands near the service window.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the Keystone Cafe facade, roof-mounted bear statue, Conoco sign, Gifts Souvenirs sign, service window, open sign, forested background, and a man in a hat and jacket.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, faded magenta-blue color, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-route insert, roadside-Americana transition, or memory beat within a 1970s tourism sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a visitor-facing roadside stop in South Dakota where food, gasoline branding, souvenirs, and rustic animal-themed signage appear together in one streetside view.
Research note: Human likeness and visible brand signage, including Conoco, should be reviewed separately from footage copyright, with no assumption of trademark, publicity, or property-release clearance.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1970s South Dakota roadside cafe, Keystone Cafe bear statue, vintage Conoco sign home movie, 8mm tourist stop, and souvenir shop exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1974 South Dakota or Keystone-area travel footage, and finally with broader 1970s roadside cafe, souvenir shop, gas sign, or tourist stop material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame showing the Keystone Cafe exterior, a roof-mounted bear statue, a Conoco sign, Gifts Souvenirs signage, and an adult man near the service window. — Keystone Cafe roadside exterior with bear statue and Conoco sign.

1974 South Dakota frame of the Keystone Cafe roadside stop with a bear statue above the roofline, Conoco branding, souvenir signage, and an adult visitor standing near the front counter. — Cafe frontage with souvenir and gas-brand signs visible.

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame showing the Keystone Cafe from a slightly shifted angle, with service windows, roof bear statue, cafe lettering, partial Conoco sign, and forest behind the buildings. — Shifted view of the Keystone Cafe facade and rooftop bear.

1974 South Dakota frame of a roadside cafe and souvenir stop, with the Keystone Cafe sign, Conoco branding, roof bear statue, and an adult man standing near the front of the building. — Roadside cafe and souvenir stop with branded gas sign.

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