Las Vegas USA-1958: View Of Desert Shrubs And Trees On A Bright Sunny Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Las Vegas

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View Of Desert Shrubs And Trees On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched desert landscape viewed from a moving vehicle. The footage shows a bright, hazy day with rolling hills covered in sparse shrubs and scattered trees. Utility poles line the roadside as the camera moves forward, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the American Southwest. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of travel and Americana from the late 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: 123607365

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1831 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: las vegas,flagstaff
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: 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: Supports 1950s American Southwest travel sequences needing non-urban desert roadside landscape footage from a moving vehicle.
Period detail: The utility poles, open roadside, faded color, and 8mm home-movie texture may show mid-century travel conditions around Las Vegas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming scenery through a moving car during a bright desert drive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include scrub-covered hills, roadside utility poles, pale sky, desert brush, a road edge, and distant open terrain.
Film character: Soft focus, washed highlights, color fading, gate edges, dust specks, and motion blur give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, landscape transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat between Las Vegas-area scenes.
Historical context: The footage places the viewer in a sparse desert-edge landscape rather than the city, useful for visual context around 1950s regional travel.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, though copyright, location certainty, and any property claims should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Las Vegas desert road footage, 8mm Southwest landscape, vintage car-window travel view, and desert shrubs home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Las Vegas 1958 material, then broader 1950s Southwest road-travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm frame showing roadside utility poles, scrubby desert vegetation, and distant low hills from a moving vehicle. — Utility poles pass along a scrub-lined desert roadside.

1958 Las Vegas-area roadside view with scattered desert shrubs, utility poles, distant hills, and soft 8mm exposure. — Sparse desert vegetation and poles line the road below hazy hills.

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm view of open scrubland and low desert hills filmed from a moving vehicle on a bright day. — Open scrubland stretches toward low, hazy desert hills.

1958 Las Vegas-area frame showing a roadside slope, scrub brush, open desert ground, and a hazy horizon in faded 8mm color. — A roadside slope gives way to open desert and a distant horizon.

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