New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Car Parked at Sea View Motor Inn

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Orleans Louisiana

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Car Parked at Sea View Motor Inn — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, showing a cream-colored classic American car parked in front of a mid-century modern apartment hotel. The building features a sign reading 'Sea View Motor Inn Apartment Hotel' with palm trees and white lounge chairs on a grassy lawn. The camera pans across the scene, capturing the retro architecture, a distinctive sunburst-style decorative element, and the nostalgic atmosphere of a 1950s vacation destination. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 characteristics.

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: 120977553

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: 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: 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: New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 editorial requests needing New Orleans travel lodging, roadside motel architecture, or classic American car cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The rounded cream car, cursive wall lettering, palm landscaping, lounge chairs, and sunburst motel decoration support a late-1950s roadside vacation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld pan reads as a visitor noticing lodging, parking, and exterior decor rather than a staged architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cream-colored classic car, Sea View Motor Inn signage, apartment hotel wall lettering, palm trees, white lounge chairs, lawn, and sunburst decoration.
Film character: Soft focus, mild color fade, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld motion give the clip an authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, motel cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century vacation material.
Historical context: The scene shows automobile-centered lodging and leisure styling associated with mid-century American travel, without confirming the property's history beyond the visible sign.
Research note: No people are visible, but the hotel name, signage, vehicle, and exterior property details may need rights and location review separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 New Orleans 8mm motel footage, mid-century apartment hotel exterior, classic car parked at motor inn, and vintage vacation lodging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1958 New Orleans exteriors, then broader 1950s motel, classic car, and vacation travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New Orleans home-movie frame showing a cream classic car in front of Sea View Motor Inn Apartment Hotel signage and palms. — Classic car parked below Sea View Motor Inn Apartment Hotel signage.

1958 New Orleans frame of a cream classic car parked by the Sea View Motor Inn exterior with palms and sunburst decor. — Parked car and sunburst motel decoration during a short exterior pan.

1958 New Orleans home-movie view of the rear of a cream classic car outside the Sea View Motor Inn Apartment Hotel. — Rear view of the parked car as the camera continues past the motel frontage.

1958 New Orleans frame showing the car's rear near motel wall text advertising TV in rooms and a sunburst sign feature. — Motel exterior detail with car tail fins and wall text advertising TV in rooms.

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