Las Vegas Nevada-1957: Windmill and Arched Structure Under Cloudy Sky

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

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Windmill and Arched Structure Under Cloudy Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, overcast day in Las Vegas, Nevada. The view, framed by dark borders, shows a tall windmill and a distinctive arched structure, likely a landmark or entrance, surrounded by palm trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and film scratches, conveying a nostalgic, candid perspective of mid-century Las Vegas. The muted color palette and cloudy sky evoke a quiet, reflective mood, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 123477020

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 exterior home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief visitor view of a roadside landmark-like structure.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century Las Vegas streetscape details, including palm plantings, a windmill-like tower, low building roofline, and a curved entrance sign form.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual visitor-shot quality of someone filming a notable exterior from a passing or standing street-level viewpoint rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a windmill-like tower, arched sign or entrance structure, palm trees, low building, roadway edge, cloudy sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, gate edges, dust marks, and slight frame instability give the 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Las Vegas establishing cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between broader 1950s Nevada sequences.
Historical context: The view documents a public-facing Las Vegas exterior with palm landscaping and roadside architecture, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific landmark.
Research note: People are flagged for the clip, though faces are not readable here; copyright, likeness, property, and any landmark-identification issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Las Vegas 8mm home movie, Nevada roadside landmark, cloudy day palm trees, windmill tower, and mid-century travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1957 Las Vegas material, then broader 1950s Nevada travel, roadside architecture, or landmark exterior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing a hazy exterior with a windmill-like tower, curved sign structure, palm trees, and cloudy sky. — Hazy view of a windmill-like tower and arched exterior structure with palms in Las Vegas.

1957 Las Vegas frame with a soft-focus tower, arched sign-like form, palm tree, low building, and dark 8mm frame edge. — Soft-focus roadside exterior with tower, arched structure, and palm tree.

1957 Las Vegas home-movie view showing a blurred windmill-like tower, arched exterior feature, palms, and roadway edge. — Blurred visitor view of tower, arched structure, palms, and roadside foreground.

1957 Las Vegas frame showing a hazy exterior with a tower, curved sign-like structure, palms, low roofline, and partial vehicle foreground. — Tower and arched exterior structure seen beyond a partial vehicle foreground.

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