Las Vegas Nevada-1957: Church and Dunes Hotel Sign in Las Vegas

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

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Church and Dunes Hotel Sign in Las Vegas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a view of a beige church building with a cross on its roof, surrounded by classic American cars from the era. The scene transitions to a building with a large yellow 'DUNES' sign, likely the famous Las Vegas Dunes hotel. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight blurriness, and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Las Vegas architecture and automotive design.

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: 123476497

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 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: Useful for 1950s Las Vegas editorial projects needing visitor-shot exteriors of roadside architecture, classic cars, and the Dunes sign.
Period detail: The parked mid-century cars, pale low-rise buildings, and large yellow DUNES lettering support a late-1950s Las Vegas setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a passing visitor perspective, lingering briefly on buildings and signage rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a beige church-like building, roof cross, parked cars, street foreground, low hotel facade, lawn, palms, and the DUNES sign.
Film character: The 8mm color footage shows soft focus, faded color, gate edges, dust specks, and slight handheld framing typical of home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief Las Vegas establishing insert, travel transition, roadside cutaway, or memory beat.
Historical context: The footage documents mid-century Las Vegas street views with religious architecture and resort signage seen from a civilian camera.
Research note: The DUNES sign is identifiable and may require trademark or context review; copyright, likeness, and property considerations remain separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1957 Las Vegas 8mm footage, Dunes sign home movie, mid-century Nevada street view, and classic cars Las Vegas.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1957 Las Vegas footage, then broader 1950s Nevada travel, hotel signage, and roadside architecture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Las Vegas street view with a beige church-like building, roof cross, and parked mid-century cars in soft 8mm color. — A beige building with a roof cross stands behind parked mid-century cars.

Soft 8mm frame of Las Vegas street frontage with parked 1950s cars and a pale low-rise building in the background. — Classic cars are parked along a street outside a pale building.

1957 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing a beige building facade, dark doorway, windows, and parked mid-century cars. — A beige facade with windows and a dark doorway appears behind parked cars.

1957 Las Vegas view of a yellow DUNES sign on a low resort building, with lawn, palms, and parked cars visible. — The yellow DUNES sign appears above a low building with lawn and cars in front.

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