Watkins Glen New York USA-1976: Motel Building With Classic Cars And People

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationWatkins Glen, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Watkins Glen New York

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Motel Building With Classic Cars And People — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Watkins Glen, New York, in 1976, showing a white motel-style building with a covered porch and white columns. Classic American cars from the mid-1970s, including a sedan and a light blue pickup truck, are parked along the front. A few people stand near the entrance, and a ladder is visible near the truck. The film exhibits a distinct blue color cast and grain typical of Super 8 footage, capturing a nostalgic slice of Americana from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121484905

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: 1976 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: Watkins Glen, New York, 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

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: Useful for 1970s Americana requests needing a brief exterior motel, roadside lodging, or travel stop insert for documentary or editorial production.
Period detail: The mid-1970s cars, light blue pickup, covered porch, and motel-like exterior support the supplied 1976 Watkins Glen context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, observing parked cars and a few people near the entrance without posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motel-style building, covered porch, columns, parked sedan, blue pickup, standing people, dark foreground, and a ladder.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows blue color shift, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel transition, motel exterior insert, or memory beat within a 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary roadside lodging and automobile travel culture as seen through a home-movie camera in Watkins Glen.
Research note: People are visible and the exterior building may require likeness or property review; copyright status is separate from those clearances.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1976 Watkins Glen home movie motel exterior, 1970s roadside lodging, classic cars, and Super 8 travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1976 Watkins Glen scenes, then broader 1970s travel, motels, and classic car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Watkins Glen home-movie frame showing a white motel-style exterior, porch columns, and parked cars under a dark roof. — White motel exterior with porch columns and two parked cars in a blue-shifted 8mm frame.

Watkins Glen 1976 frame with a motel-style building, porch, classic sedan, and a person standing near the right side. — Classic sedan parked outside the motel-style building, with a person visible near the entrance area.

1976 Watkins Glen frame showing a white motel-style exterior with a sedan, blue pickup truck, people, and a ladder near the truck. — Parked sedan and light blue pickup outside the motel, with people standing near the building.

Watkins Glen 1976 home-movie frame with a motel-style porch, blue pickup, classic sedan, standing people, and ladder. — Wide view of the motel-style exterior with parked cars, people, and a ladder near the blue pickup.

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