Las Vegas Nevada-1957: Church Building with American Automobiles in Lot

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Nevada

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Church Building with American Automobiles in Lot — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a mid-century church in Las Vegas, Nevada. Classic American automobiles from the era— including a pale yellow sedan and a mint-green convertible—line the parking lot. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle, shows a long, low-slung church building with a simple facade and a cross atop, surrounded by trees and manicured landscaping. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of an 8mm home movie, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123476470

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 1569 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: memorial day,rita's film
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: las vegas
Date: 1957 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: Las Vegas, Nevada, 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: 1950s Las Vegas home-movie footage for edits needing an exterior church approach with period parking and mid-century cars.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1950s American automobiles, a low modern church building, manicured roadside planting, and bright desert-area light.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual passenger-window perspective, valuing the quick, unstaged glimpse of a church and parking lot from a moving car.
What appears in frame: The frames show a church exterior, parked classic cars, trees, curbside landscaping, open sky, a cross form, and roadway edges.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, gate vignetting, color fade, motion blur, and uneven exposure as part of its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use it as a brief establishing insert, transitional street-view cutaway, or memory beat for religion, suburbia, travel, or 1950s Las Vegas.
Historical context: The footage suggests everyday mid-century churchgoing or community space through its ample parking and automobile-centered exterior view.
Research note: Review for recognizable people and religious-site context; copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1957 Las Vegas church exterior, 8mm home movie classic cars, and 1950s Nevada religious building parking lot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1957 Las Vegas exteriors, then broader 1950s church, parking lot, and classic car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Las Vegas home-movie frame from a moving car, showing trees, curb landscaping, a low building, and a pale mid-century automobile. — Trees and curbside planting pass by as the camera approaches the church area.

1957 Las Vegas church parking area with several mid-century cars, including a pale yellow vehicle, beside lawn and trees. — Classic cars line the parking area beside a lawn near the church grounds.

Soft 8mm view of a long low church building in Las Vegas, with parked cars, a roadside sign area, and landscaping in front. — The camera passes a long church exterior with parked cars in the foreground.

1957 Las Vegas frame showing the church front and side wall, a cross form near the roofline, parked cars, lawn, and cloudy sky. — The church facade and roofline cross come into view beyond parked cars and lawn.

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