Las Vegas USA-1958: Vintage Cars Parked Outside A Mid-Century Motel

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

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Vintage Cars Parked Outside A Mid-Century Motel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a classic American motel scene in Las Vegas. A white 1950s sedan with chrome detailing is parked in the foreground, with a person visible inside. The camera pans across the parking lot, revealing several other vintage automobiles and the motel's distinctive mid-century architecture with its long, low buildings and balconies. The footage has a soft, nostalgic quality with natural film grain and slight blurriness, evoking a sense of travel and everyday life from the era. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about 1950s Americana and road trips.

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: 123609511

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: Supports requests for late-1950s Las Vegas travel footage, especially motel parking lots, roadside lodging, and period automobile cutaways for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The chrome-trimmed sedans, low motel buildings, exterior balconies, and open parking lot may show a late-1950s American roadside travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from close to parked cars, preserving an everyday motel stop rather than a staged travel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white sedan, other parked mid-century cars, two-story motel wings, exterior railings, balconies, pavement, and a soft overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, pale color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for 1950s road travel, Las Vegas arrival, or motel-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests automobile-based tourism and roadside lodging culture through the placement of cars directly outside motel rooms.
Research note: People appear visible inside or near vehicles, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Las Vegas motel, 1950s roadside lodging, vintage cars in motel parking lot, and 8mm American travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Las Vegas 1958 travel footage, then broader 1950s motel and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white late-1950s sedan sits in the foreground outside a Las Vegas motel, with balconies and room doors behind it. — White sedan parked near a mid-century motel building.

The view looks across a Las Vegas motel parking lot toward rows of parked cars and low two-story motel buildings. — Vintage cars parked outside a motel wing.

A soft 8mm frame shows parked mid-century cars beside a Las Vegas motel, with a large white car occupying the foreground. — Motel parking area with period automobiles.

The closing frame holds on a white car beside a motel parking lot, with additional vintage cars and exterior balconies in the background. — White car and motel parking lot in soft 8mm color.

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