Dade County Florida-1955: Cars Parked By Green And White Motel On Cloudy Day

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cars Parked By Green And White Motel On Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a quiet street scene in Dade County, Florida. The footage shows a two-story motel with a green awning and white facade, its parking lot filled with classic American cars from the mid-1950s. Two men in casual attire stand near a vehicle, possibly loading or unloading luggage. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with soft, diffused lighting and the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film. The camera pans slowly, revealing the full length of the motel and the row of parked automobiles, evoking a nostalgic sense of mid-century American travel and roadside life.

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: 123382808

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, Florida, 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: Useful for 1950s Florida travel, motel, roadside lodging, and mid-century automobile B-roll in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The parked rounded sedans, motel awning, exterior stairs, and two-story roadside layout support a mid-1950s visual setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an ordinary motel parking area with people near a car, giving the scene an unstaged traveler viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green-and-white motel exterior, outside stairs, parked mid-century cars, a paved lot, shrubs, and several adults near a vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, pastel color, mild gate weave, visible grain, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing cutaway, travel transition, motel insert, or quiet memory beat for mid-century Florida road life.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects automobile travel and roadside lodging culture without identifying the motel, guests, or exact street address.
Research note: People and possible signage or branding are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Florida motel, Dade County home movie, vintage roadside lodging, parked classic cars, and 8mm travel footage fit this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County material, then broader 1950s Florida travel or motel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County motel exterior with green trim, outside stairs, shrubs, and a partially visible sign in soft 8mm color. — Motel frontage with exterior stairs and a partially visible sign.

Adults appear near a parked car outside a green-and-white Dade County motel, with other 1950s cars nearby. — Adults by parked cars outside the motel.

A row of 1950s cars lines the motel parking area while adults stand near one vehicle in Dade County, Florida. — Parked cars and people along the motel parking area.

Wide view of parked 1950s cars along a two-story Dade County motel with green awning and exterior corridors. — Wide view of the motel parking lot and row of cars.

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