Las Vegas Nevada-1957: Car Slowly Passing By Sahara Hotel Parking Lot

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

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Car Slowly Passing By Sahara Hotel Parking Lot — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a drive-by view of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. The iconic sign advertises a performance by Ray Bolger, with text for Peggy King and the Mary Kaye Trio visible. Classic white automobiles fill the parking lot, and the footage shows a slow-moving vehicle passing by, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Las Vegas entertainment and roadside culture. The grainy, slightly blurry quality and film scratches are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era.

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: 123477048

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: Yes
Minors 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s Las Vegas documentary requests needing a brief 8mm drive-by view of the Sahara Hotel sign and parking-lot roadside scene.
Period detail: Visible clues include mid-century automobiles, the Sahara Hotel roadside sign, and marquee text for Ray Bolger, Peggy King, and the Mary Kaye Trio.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a moving car, recording the hotel frontage and parking lot as part of a casual Las Vegas trip.
What appears in frame: The frames show the Sahara sign, marquee lettering, rows of parked cars, roadside landscaping, a low motel-like wing, pavement, and passing-vehicle framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, muted color, and light scratches that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short establishing insert, travel transition, or memory beat for mid-century Las Vegas entertainment and roadside tourism.
Historical context: The view places hotel entertainment advertising, automobile travel, and visitor sightseeing together in a compact Las Vegas roadside moment.
Research note: Human review should consider the visible Sahara branding and performer names separately from any copyright, likeness, trademark, or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Las Vegas 8mm footage, Sahara Hotel sign, Ray Bolger marquee, vintage casino parking lot, and home movie drive-by.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1957 Las Vegas material, then with casino signs, hotel exteriors, and mid-century road travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing the Sahara Hotel sign, marquee lettering, parked cars, and roadside foreground. — The Sahara Hotel sign and parking area appear through soft-focus 8mm footage.

1957 Las Vegas frame with the Sahara Hotel marquee advertising Ray Bolger, with parked automobiles and hotel buildings behind it. — The marquee text for Ray Bolger is visible above rows of parked cars.

1957 Las Vegas 8mm frame showing a closer roadside view of the Sahara marquee, parked cars, landscaping, and low hotel structures. — A closer pass centers the Sahara sign with cars and landscaping below.

1957 Las Vegas home-movie frame with the Sahara sign partly cropped, cars in the lot, and a low hotel wing behind the roadside scene. — The moving viewpoint crops the Sahara sign while the parking lot remains visible.

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