Las Vegas USA-1958: Bird Flies In Front Of Windshield While Car Drives Past

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

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Bird Flies In Front Of Windshield While Car Drives Past — Clip Details

Shot from inside a car in 1958, this vintage 8mm home movie captures a journey through a flat, open landscape under an overcast sky. The view from the windshield shows a long, straight road stretching into the distance, flanked by dry fields and a line of utility poles. A bird briefly flies across the frame, passing in front of the lens. The footage has a grainy, slightly blurry quality typical of Super 8 film, with a white car hood visible at the bottom of the frame. The scene evokes a sense of quiet travel and mid-century Americana.

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: 123608783

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

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm road-travel footage for documentary inserts about mid-century driving, open highways, and quiet movement through the American West.
Period detail: The car hood, windshield viewpoint, two-lane road, utility poles, and open fields may show mid-century roadside travel near Las Vegas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger or driver perspective, with the camera watching the road as the car continues through a sparse landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the road ahead, white car hood, windshield edge, utility poles, open fields, overcast sky, and a brief bird crossing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, road transition, windshield cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1950s journey sequence.
Historical context: The view offers context for automobile travel through open land around Las Vegas without showing crowds, storefronts, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people are visible, but the car hood ornament or emblem may need review for brand identification; copyright and trademark clearance are separate questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Las Vegas road footage, windshield driving home movie, desert highway utility poles, and bird crossing car view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same trip, then Las Vegas or Nevada footage from 1958, then broader 1950s highway travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame from inside a car, showing a straight roadside landscape with utility poles and a pale hood edge. — The car moves along a straight road bordered by open fields and a line of utility poles.

Windshield view from a 1958 home movie near Las Vegas, with the road ahead, white hood, roadside fields, and distant utility poles. — A white car hood fills the lower frame as the road continues into a flat, overcast distance.

1958 8mm windshield shot near Las Vegas, showing the car hood, straight road, open fields, and utility poles under a muted sky. — The camera holds on the road ahead as utility poles and dry fields pass on either side.

A bird passes in front of the windshield during a 1958 Las Vegas-area driving shot, with the road and utility poles visible beyond. — A dark bird briefly crosses the windshield view while the car continues along the open road.

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