Las Vegas USA-1958: Mid-Century Motel And Classic Cars

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

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Mid-Century Motel And Classic Cars — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a mid-century motel complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The footage shows a long, low-rise building with a distinctive 1950s architectural style, featuring balconies and a flat roof. Classic American automobiles from the era are parked in the lot, their chrome details and tailfins visible despite the film's soft focus and grain. The image is framed by the dark borders of the 8mm film, with noticeable scratches and dust, giving it an authentic, nostalgic quality. The scene evokes the era's roadside culture and the rise of motor hotels in the American Southwest.

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: 123609528

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: Useful for 1950s Las Vegas or American road-trip sequences needing a brief motel exterior with period cars in authentic 8mm home-movie form.
Period detail: The low motel block, exterior stairs, balcony railings, flat roofline, and tailfin-era cars support a late-1950s roadside lodging context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, briefly observing a motel parking area from close to the lot rather than staging a formal architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a two-story motel facade, exterior stairs, balcony walkways, parked classic cars, open pavement, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, pale exposure, gate borders, dust, scratches, and slight handheld instability give the scan clear physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, motel cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century Southwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar roadside lodging culture through visible motel architecture and automobile parking, without identifying a specific property.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any property-identification concerns.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Las Vegas 8mm motel exterior, 1950s American roadside lodging, vintage motel parking lot, and classic cars home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then other 1958 Las Vegas exteriors, then broader 1950s motel, road-trip, and classic-car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing a mid-century motel area with a classic car partly visible in the foreground. — A classic car sits near low motel buildings in a soft, overexposed 8mm frame.

1958 Las Vegas frame of a long motel facade with exterior stairs, balcony railings, parked cars, and pale 8mm exposure. — The motel facade stretches across the frame with exterior stairs and cars along the lot.

1958 Las Vegas home-movie view of a mid-century motel exterior across a bright parking lot, with stairs and parked cars visible. — A bright, soft-focus view shows the motel block across an open parking area.

1958 Las Vegas frame showing a long mid-century motel facade, exterior stairways, balcony walkways, and cars parked along the building. — The closing frame holds on the motel facade with stairs and parked cars along the building.

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