Las Vegas USA-1958: Panoramic View Of Desert Landscape With Rock Formations

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

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Panoramic View Of Desert Landscape With Rock Formations — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping panoramic view of a vast desert landscape, likely near Las Vegas. The footage reveals layered rock formations and rugged mesas under a pale blue sky, with subtle shifts in perspective suggesting a slow pan across the arid terrain. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight vignetting, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American travel memory. The scene is devoid of people or vehicles, focusing on the natural beauty and isolation of the desert.

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: 123609175

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: Supports 1950s American travel, desert landscape, and Southwest road-trip sequences needing real 8mm establishing footage near Las Vegas.
Period detail: The 1958 date and 8mm source are supported by metadata, while the frames show open desert mesas and pale color typical of mid-century amateur travel film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot roadside viewpoint, lingering on scenery rather than staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered mesas, eroded desert hills, pale blue sky, dry washes, muted red and gray soil, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, mild vignetting, gate edges, and handheld pan movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, landscape cutaway, or reflective memory beat for a desert journey.
Historical context: The scene places mid-century leisure travel in a sparsely developed desert setting without visible people, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and confirm location claims before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm desert landscape, Las Vegas area home movie, Nevada mesas, vintage Southwest travel footage, and arid rock formations.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada travel footage, then broader 1950s desert landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame showing a wide desert landscape near Las Vegas, with layered rock formations and a flat mesa under a pale sky. — Wide view across eroded desert terrain and a distant mesa.

1958 8mm frame from a slow pan across desert badlands near Las Vegas, showing gray and reddish rock layers beneath open sky. — Layered desert formations and mesa edges during the pan.

1958 8mm frame showing rounded desert hills, a rocky ridge, and washed-out color from an amateur travel pan near Las Vegas. — Rounded hills and distant ridge in the desert landscape.

1958 8mm frame near the end of the pan, showing desert gullies, low hills, and a distant ridge in the Las Vegas area. — Final pan position across gullied desert hills and distant ridge.

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