Las Vegas USA-1958: Pan Of The Desert Road Sand And Some Bushes From Inside Of

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

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Pan Of The Desert Road Sand And Some Bushes From Inside Of — Clip Details

Shot from inside a moving vehicle in 1958, this vintage 8mm film captures a sun-drenched desert highway journey. The camera pans across arid terrain, showing a long stretch of asphalt road with white lane markings, sparse bushes, and endless sand under a clear blue sky. A distant car appears ahead, emphasizing the sense of motion and open road travel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded look characteristic of mid-century home movies. This authentic archival clip evokes the spirit of American road trips and mid-century travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123609015

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American road-trip, desert travel, or Las Vegas-area establishing material in documentary, museum, education, or commercial archive edits.
Period detail: The 1958 metadata and visible two-lane highway, rounded vehicle hood, sparse roadside signage, and open desert terrain may show mid-century car travel outside Las Vegas.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming through a windshield while the car moves along an open desert road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include asphalt highway, white lane markings, sandy shoulders, low desert bushes, distant cars, pale blue sky, vehicle hood, and windshield framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and handheld movement consistent with mid-century home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, road-travel transition, desert cutaway, or memory beat between Las Vegas or Southwest journey scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually places automobile travel within an arid Nevada landscape, emphasizing open-road mobility rather than a specific landmark or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are clearly visible, but users should still review copyright status and any incidental vehicle or signage details.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Las Vegas desert road footage, vintage Nevada highway driving, mid-century car travel, and archival home-movie road trip scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada travel footage, then broader vintage desert highway and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area desert road view filmed from inside a moving vehicle, with sandy terrain, sparse brush, and windshield edges visible. — Passenger-view shot across sandy desert terrain beside the road.

1958 Las Vegas-area highway view through a windshield, with dark vehicle hood edge, sandy roadside, low bushes, and distant horizon. — Roadside desert and highway edge from the passenger perspective.

1958 Las Vegas-area road footage showing an open asphalt lane, white markings, desert shoulder, and the rounded hood of the filming vehicle. — Open desert highway filmed from the front seat of a moving car.

1958 Las Vegas-area highway scene from inside a moving car, with a distant vehicle ahead, lane markings, desert scrub, and pale sky. — Distant car on a straight desert highway outside Las Vegas.

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