Las Vegas USA-1958: A Couple Travels in a Mini Open Car Through a Motel Complex

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

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A Couple Travels in a Mini Open Car Through a Motel Complex — Clip Details

A man and woman ride a white mini open car through a 1950s Las Vegas motel complex, captured on 8mm film. The woman wears a blue dress and white sunglasses, while the man drives in a white shirt. The vehicle, marked with a red star logo, moves past mid-century motels and classic American cars. The footage shows motion blur and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, candid home movie feel from the era.

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: 123609497

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Las Vegas travel sequences, motel tourism context, or editorial inserts showing visitors moving through a mid-century lodging complex.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century motel buildings, exterior stairways, period cars, and a small open vehicle that support the documented 1958 Las Vegas setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears relaxed and unstaged as they ride through the motel area, giving the clip the candid feel of visitor-shot home-movie travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man driving, a woman passenger, a white open mini car with a red star logo, motel balconies, exterior stairs, parked cars, and paved driveways.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, motion blur, visible grain, muted color, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, motel arrival cutaway, Las Vegas memory beat, or transition between broader 1950s vacation scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually situates leisure travel around automobile-era motel lodging, with guests moving between rooms, cars, and open driveway space.
Research note: People and a visible logo require likeness and brand review; copyright, privacy, trademark, and location-related permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Las Vegas 8mm home movie, 1950s motel travel footage, couple in mini open car, and mid-century American vacation scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas motel material, then broader 1950s road-trip or vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Las Vegas footage, a couple rides a small white open car past motel buildings and parked period cars. — Couple riding a white mini open car through a motel complex.

Mini open car moving past motel rooms and a parked 1950s car.

A rear view shows the couple riding away in the mini open car along a mid-century Las Vegas motel driveway. — Rear view of the couple riding away through the motel complex.

The couple drives farther away through the Las Vegas motel complex, with exterior stairs, motel rooms, and period cars visible. — The mini open car recedes along the motel driveway.

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