Memphis Tennessee USA-1963: People Sitting Poolside at Traditional Holiday Inn

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Memphis Tennessee

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People Sitting Poolside at Traditional Holiday Inn — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1963 in Memphis, Tennessee, capturing a nostalgic poolside scene at a Holiday Inn. A woman in a patterned swimsuit sits on a lounge chair by the pool, while other guests relax nearby under a yellow umbrella. The iconic Holiday Inn sign with its star logo is visible against a clear blue sky, framed by a palm tree. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural color shifts, and subtle grain—evoking mid-century Americana and leisure travel. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 121295715

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 1199 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: memphis tennesee
Date: 1963 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: Memphis, Tennessee, 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: Supports 1960s U.S. travel, motel, leisure, and poolside recreation requests for documentary or educational edits needing authentic home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The Holiday Inn sign, patterned swimsuit, metal lounge furniture, and poolside umbrella fit the supplied 1963 Memphis motel setting and mid-century roadside travel culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation perspective, watching guests sit, stand, and relax around a motel pool rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include poolside guests, a seated woman, lounge chairs, a yellow umbrella, flowers, motel architecture, the Holiday Inn sign, blue sky, and a palm-like plant.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, color shift, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a leisure-travel insert, motel-life cutaway, vacation memory beat, or transition between broader roadside Americana scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary motel recreation and branded roadside hospitality imagery in the early 1960s without establishing a specific event or public occasion.
Research note: People and a recognizable Holiday Inn brand sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s 8mm Holiday Inn pool, Memphis motel home movie, mid-century hotel sign, roadside travel leisure, and vintage poolside guests.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Memphis 1963 travel scenes, then broader 1960s motel, pool, signage, and roadside Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Memphis home-movie frame of a woman seated poolside at a Holiday Inn, with guests, lounge chairs, flowers, and a yellow umbrella nearby. — A woman sits by the motel pool as other guests gather near lounge chairs and an umbrella.

1963 Memphis poolside scene at a Holiday Inn, showing a seated woman, relaxed guests, lounge chairs, flowers, and motel architecture. — Guests relax around the pool area with lounge furniture and motel rooms in the background.

1963 Memphis Holiday Inn poolside frame with a woman seated near the water, guests behind her, lounge chairs, flowers, and motel exterior details. — A seated guest rests near the pool while others stand or sit around the motel recreation area.

The Holiday Inn sign appears against the sky, marking the motel setting of the poolside scene.

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