Dade County Florida-1955: View Of White Buildings Palm Trees And Parked Cars On

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

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View Of White Buildings Palm Trees And Parked Cars On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a white motel or apartment complex in Dade County, Florida. Palm trees sway gently in the breeze, framing the pastel-colored buildings under a bright sky. Classic American automobiles from the mid-1950s are parked in the foreground, their rounded fenders and chrome details visible despite the soft focus. The footage exhibits natural film grain and a slightly faded, pinkish color cast typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic slice of mid-century Florida life evokes strong nostalgia and Americana, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or historical projects.

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: 123382839

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1950s Dade County, Florida exterior atmosphere, mid-century roadside housing, palm-lined streets, or parked automobiles in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The rounded parked cars, low white buildings, palm trees, and faded color stock support a mid-1950s Florida setting, with the exact property unidentified.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual visitor-shot view from outdoors, observing buildings, landscaping, and parked cars without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white multi-story buildings, palm trunks, parked mid-century cars, shrubbery, bright daylight, and soft roadside foregrounds.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, faded pink color, visible grain, slight gate marks, and a steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, memory beat, or transition for mid-century Florida travel, housing, or automobile context.
Historical context: The scene shows postwar-era Florida built environment and car culture through an everyday exterior view rather than a named landmark or documented event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but the unidentified exterior property and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s Dade County Florida home movie, 8mm Miami-area buildings, palm trees and parked cars, and mid-century Florida exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County footage, then broader 1950s Florida travel, housing, or roadside scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County exterior view with a white building, palm tree, and parked mid-century cars in soft 8mm color. — Palm-framed white building with parked cars in the foreground.

Dade County, Florida exterior showing a low white building, palm trunk, and parked mid-century cars in 1955 home-movie footage. — Parked cars line the front of a white multi-story building.

Soft 8mm view of a white Dade County building with palm trunk, shrubs, and parked cars, consistent with the 1955 clip metadata. — Shrubs and a palm trunk frame parked cars outside the building.

1955 Dade County home-movie frame with palm landscaping, parked cars, and a white residential or motel-like building beyond. — Palm landscaping and parked cars stand before a white building.

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