Las Vegas USA-1958: Desert Landscape Observed By A Few People

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

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Desert Landscape Observed By A Few People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a vast desert landscape with layered rock formations and rugged terrain under a clear blue sky. The footage, framed by the characteristic black borders of Super 8 film, shows a slow pan across the arid scenery. In the final frame, a woman in a light-colored blouse and dark pants stands in the foreground, hands on her hips, observing the landscape, with two men visible in the background. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American road trip aesthetic.

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: 123609189

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: Yes
Minors 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 Las Vegas-area road-trip or desert-travel sequences needing brief home-movie views of arid terrain and visitors observing the landscape.
Period detail: The visible clothing, color 8mm look, and roadside viewpoint may show a mid-century tourist stop in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, consistent with the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, moving across the terrain before settling on travelers standing and looking out over the desert.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale desert ground, layered rock ridges, open blue sky, a roadside barrel, black film borders, and three adult visitors in the final frame.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, faded color, handheld framing, and slight motion blur that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for mid-century desert tourism.
Historical context: The scene suggests recreational observation of a rugged desert landscape, with adults positioned like travelers pausing during a road trip.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review, while no logos, music, private interiors, or clear private property are evident from these frames.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Las Vegas desert home movie, 8mm Nevada road trip landscape, vintage tourists observing desert, and mid-century arid terrain may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada footage, then broader 1950s desert road-trip and tourist overlook material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm frame showing pale desert terrain, distant ridges, and open sky from a roadside viewpoint. — A broad desert landscape fills the frame, with layered rock formations stretching beneath a clear sky.

Las Vegas-area desert terrain appears in a soft 1958 home-movie frame with layered ridges and open sky. — The camera continues across pale desert ground and distant ridges, maintaining a roadside observer viewpoint.

1958 Las Vegas-area desert overlook with washed color, distant rock layers, and a roadside barrel near the foreground. — A light-colored barrel appears near the overlook as the desert ridges recede into the distance.

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame showing a woman at a desert overlook, with two adult men behind her and layered hills beyond. — A woman stands with hands on her hips at the overlook while two men stand farther back near the desert view.

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