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Las Vegas USA-1958: A Camera Wandering To The Left At What Looks To Be A Desert Landscape

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Las Vegas
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A Camera Wandering To The Left At What Looks To Be A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping desert landscape from a moving vehicle. The camera pans slowly to the left, revealing vast, arid terrain with layered rock formations under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and a distinct purple hue typical of mid-century film. A small puddle of water is visible in the foreground, adding a touch of contrast to the dry environment. The dark frame borders suggest the clip was filmed through a window, offering a nostalgic, first-person perspective of a road trip through the American Southwest.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123609216

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • dirt
  • mountains
  • sky
  • sunny
  • boring
  • camera
  • wandering
  • left
  • deserted
  • landscape
  • nature
  • LAS vegas USA
  • 1958
  • 1958 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • desert landscape
  • American Southwest
  • road trip 1958
  • Super 8 home movie
  • panoramic view
  • vintage camera movement
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • dusty terrain
  • old film grain
  • nostalgic travel
  • 1950s Americana
  • vintage road trip
  • desert canyon
  • 8mm film
  • classic home movie
  • vintage travel footage
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s 8mm desert-road footage suited to documentary inserts about Nevada travel, arid landscapes, or mid-century American road trips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame showing distant desert ridges, open sky, gravel foreground, and a small pale patch near the ground.
A wide desert view appears through dark 8mm frame borders, with low ridges beyond a gravelly foreground.

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