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Dade County Florida-1955: Hitting The Open Road Staying In Motels Driving By

  • Year1955
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationDade, Florida, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Hitting The Open Road Staying In Motels Driving By — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a road trip through Dade County, Florida. The footage shows a moving vehicle passing open fields, a distant radio tower, and rural farm buildings under a cloudy sky. The journey continues to a classic mid-century motel with a sign reading 'ICANA MOTEL,' where two people stand near the entrance. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and faded colors typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes Americana nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123382712

Rights & Clearance

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: 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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note
1955
Reel-level location note
florida
Date
1955 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Dade, Florida, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • motels
  • sunny
  • working
  • driving
  • road trip
  • hitting
  • open
  • road
  • staying
  • dairies
  • nature
  • florida miami housing
  • 1955 road trip footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Dade County Florida
  • classic motel
  • driving through countryside
  • mid-century Americana
  • Super 8 home movie
  • archival road trip
  • 1950s travel
  • vintage Florida footage
  • nostalgic travel clip
  • old film footage
  • 8mm road trip
  • retro travel
  • vintage motel sign
  • rural Florida
  • moving vehicle
  • 1950s home movie
  • vintage travel footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Dade County, Florida home-movie road footage for productions needing travel, roadside motel, rural outskirts, or mid-century driving context.
Period detail
The frames may show mid-century roadside development, open fields, farm structures, older cars, and a motel facade with partial signage reading "ICANA MOTEL."

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County road-trip footage showing open grassland, distant trees, cloudy sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Open roadside field viewed through the moving home-movie camera.

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