Colorado-1958: Couple Standing By Classic Station Wagon At Motel

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

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Couple Standing By Classic Station Wagon At Motel — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a couple standing beside a classic two-tone brown and white Chevrolet station wagon in front of a brick motel. The man wears a light-colored short-sleeve shirt and dark trousers, while the woman is in a light-colored dress. They appear to be preparing for a road trip, with the woman opening the car door. The scene is shot through a dark frame, suggesting a view from a window, with bright sunlight casting shadows on the pavement. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1950s home movies.

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: 123586621

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: 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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1958 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: Colorado, 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 Colorado travel, motel, road-trip, and domestic leisure sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage of adults with a classic car.
Period detail: The two-tone station wagon, midcentury motel architecture, clothing, and saturated 8mm color support a late-1950s roadside travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple stands casually beside the parked car as the woman opens or handles the door, giving the clip an unstaged departure or arrival moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a two-tone station wagon, brick motel frontage, red roofline, pavement, chairs, doorway shadows, and strong sunlight.
Film character: The footage has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, motel cutaway, or memory beat for midcentury road-trip storytelling.
Historical context: The scene reflects private leisure travel and car-centered motel culture as seen through a family home-movie camera, without identifying the people or motel.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, vehicle, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Colorado 8mm motel footage, 1950s couple with station wagon, vintage road trip home movie, and midcentury travel scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other Colorado 1958 motel or road scenes, then broader 1950s car-trip family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Colorado home-movie footage, a couple stands by a two-tone station wagon in bright sun outside a brick motel. — A couple poses beside a two-tone station wagon outside a brick motel.

The woman reaches for the door of a two-tone station wagon while the man stands beside her at a Colorado motel in 1958. — The woman begins to handle the station wagon door as the man waits beside her.

A 1958 Colorado home-movie frame shows the couple beside the parked station wagon, with the motel facade behind them. — The couple remains beside the parked station wagon in front of the motel.

The woman opens the door of the two-tone station wagon while the man stands near her outside the Colorado motel. — The station wagon door is open as the couple stands in the motel driveway.

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