Dade County Florida-1955: View Of Green And White Tropicana Motel Building On A

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

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View Of Green And White Tropicana Motel Building On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures the Tropicana Motel in Dade County, Florida. The clip shows the motel's distinctive pink and white facade with green trim, palm tree decals, and classic mid-century signage. Several vintage automobiles are parked in the lot, including a dark sedan and a light-colored car, under a clear daytime sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1950s roadside architecture and travel culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123382968

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: 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, roadside lodging, and mid-century motel architecture requests needing brief editorial or documentary insert footage.
Period detail: The green-trimmed motel facade, palm motifs, painted signage, and parked 1950s automobiles support a mid-century roadside travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, casually panning and reframing the motel exterior from the parking area rather than staging an architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Tropicana Motel facade, green window trim, palm decals, exterior signage, shrub planting, parked cars, balconies, and bright daytime sky.
Film character: The 8mm color footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure washout, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie travel documentation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into material about 1950s Florida motels and road trips.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a roadside motel environment associated with mid-century leisure travel in Dade County without proving ownership or business history.
Research note: The motel name and exterior signage are visible, so trademark, copyright, and property-related context should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Dade County motel exterior, 1950s Florida roadside lodging, Tropicana Motel signage, and 8mm home movie travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Florida travel shots, then Dade County 1955 material, then broader 1950s motel, automobile, and roadside architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County view of the Tropicana Motel front with green-trimmed windows, pale facade, palm decals, and entrance doors. — Front view of the Tropicana Motel exterior with signage and green trim.

Dade County Tropicana Motel exterior showing the sign band, green-trimmed windows, planted shrubs, and a side doorway. — Closer exterior view of the motel facade and sign band.

Angled 1955 motel view with green-trimmed upper window, partial Tropicana Motel signage, balcony railings, shrubs, and parked cars. — Angled view of the motel frontage with cars near the lot.

Wider Dade County motel parking view with vintage cars, motel buildings, balcony walkways, a palm tree, and bright washed daylight. — Wide parking-lot view with cars and motel buildings on both sides.

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