Las Vegas USA-1958: Driving Down A Desolate Two Lane Road In A Vintage Buick Roadster

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

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Driving Down A Desolate Two Lane Road In A Vintage Buick... — Clip Details

Shot from inside a vintage 1958 Buick roadster, this 8mm home movie captures a journey down a desolate two-lane highway. The view from the windshield shows a long, straight road stretching into a hazy, overcast sky, flanked by dry grass and a line of telephone poles receding into the distance. The car's chrome hood ornament is visible in the foreground, adding to the authentic retro feel. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality typical of Super 8 film, evoking a sense of mid-century American road travel and quiet solitude.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 123608559

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American road-travel sequences needing authentic 8mm in-car highway footage near Las Vegas.
Period detail: The visible hood ornament, rounded car hood, two-lane road, and roadside telephone poles support a late-1950s road-trip setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger or driver-eye view from inside a moving car, emphasizing ordinary travel rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the car hood, chrome hood ornament, windshield view, straight two-lane highway, dry roadside grass, telephone poles, and hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and gate-edge framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a road-trip insert, travel transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between destination scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century highway travel through a sparsely developed roadside landscape without visible pedestrians or buildings.
Research note: No people are visible, but the identifiable car ornament and possible Buick branding should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: 1950s 8mm highway driving, Las Vegas road trip home movie, vintage car windshield view, desert two-lane road footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas travel material, then broader mid-century highway and car-travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame from inside a moving car, showing a straight road, dry roadside, and chrome hood ornament. — Windshield view down a sparse two-lane road with telephone poles receding ahead.

In-car 8mm view of a desolate roadway near Las Vegas in 1958, with telephone poles fading into haze. — The road continues through an open, hazy roadside landscape.

Windshield perspective from a 1958 road trip near Las Vegas, with the car hood foregrounding a straight rural highway. — Chrome ornament and hood in the foreground as the car follows the two-lane road.

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm frame showing an in-car view of a sparse road, dry ground, and roadside utility poles. — Open roadside terrain and utility poles pass beyond the car hood.

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