Las Vegas USA-1958: A Drive Down A Long Empty Road

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

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A Drive Down A Long Empty Road — Clip Details

Shot from inside a vintage car in 1958, this 8mm home movie captures a long, empty drive through a flat, arid landscape. The view from the windshield shows a straight asphalt road stretching into the distance under a hazy, overcast sky. A line of wooden telephone poles runs parallel to the road, with sparse brush and a few distant signs dotting the dry terrain. The chrome hood ornament of the car is visible in the foreground, adding to the authentic mid-century Americana feel. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies 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: 123608549

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

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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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Las Vegas-area road footage suited for documentary edits needing mid-century desert travel, highway approach, or quiet Americana transit atmosphere.
Period detail: The visible car hood ornament, two-lane asphalt road, wooden telephone poles, and sparse roadside signage may show mid-century roadside infrastructure in an arid Nevada setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the unstaged value of a passenger filming through a windshield during an ordinary drive, preserving a traveler’s point of view rather than a staged scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a straight empty road, chrome hood ornament, pale car hood, wooden telephone poles, dry brush, flat desert terrain, hazy sky, and roadside signs.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, mild exposure shifts, and gate-edge darkness that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, road-trip transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway between Las Vegas-area travel scenes.
Historical context: The frames show automobile travel through a sparsely built desert roadside environment, offering visual context for mid-century western U.S. mobility without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people are visible, but the car hood ornament and roadside signs create brand or identification review needs separate from copyright and location clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm Las Vegas road drive, vintage desert highway footage, mid-century car windshield view, and empty Nevada roadside home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada travel footage, and then broader desert highway or mid-century road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame from inside a car, showing an empty asphalt road, hood ornament, telephone poles, and sparse desert terrain. — A windshield view down a long empty road with telephone poles running beside the desert shoulder.

1958 Las Vegas-area windshield view with a roadside sign, wooden telephone poles, arid brushland, and the car hood ornament in the foreground. — A roadside sign passes on the right as the car continues along the open desert road.

Las Vegas-area 1958 road footage showing a forward windshield view, soft haze, telephone poles, dry roadside brush, and a visible car hood ornament. — The road narrows into the hazy distance while telephone poles continue along the shoulder.

Final 1958 Las Vegas-area frame shows the car moving along a sparse desert road with telephone poles, brush, and a hazy sky ahead. — The drive continues past low brush and utility poles on a quiet desert roadside.

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