Las Vegas USA-1958: Stardust Hotel Main Building With Classic Cars

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

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Stardust Hotel Main Building With Classic Cars — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures the iconic Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The camera pans across the building's distinctive mid-century modern facade, featuring a large, colorful sign with a globe and starburst design. Classic American automobiles from the era are parked in the lot, showcasing rounded fenders and chrome details. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the late 1950s. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into the golden age of Las Vegas tourism and retro Americana.

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: 123609600

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Las Vegas tourism, roadside Americana, casino-hotel exteriors, and mid-century travel montage needs in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The Stardust facade, starburst sign, globe motif, broad parking lot, and rounded late-1950s automobiles support the 1958 Las Vegas setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld pan reads as a visitor-shot record of a landmark hotel exterior rather than staged commercial footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Stardust sign, globe and starburst decoration, hotel facade, parking lot, classic cars, pale sky, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate weave, and bright exposure typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, Las Vegas memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century hotel and automobile context.
Historical context: The frames show the scale and spectacle of Las Vegas hotel signage alongside car-centered tourism culture in a late-1950s street-level view.
Research note: The Stardust name and sign are visible, so brand and trademark review may be needed; no people are visible, but copyright, property, and location issues remain separate checks.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1958 Las Vegas 8mm, Stardust Hotel exterior, vintage casino sign, mid-century Las Vegas cars, and home movie Nevada tourism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Las Vegas footage, then other 1958 Nevada hotel or street scenes, then broader 1950s travel, casino, and Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas view of the Stardust Hotel sign and parking lot, with mid-century cars in the foreground. — Stardust Hotel exterior and parked cars seen from a visitor's 8mm camera.

The Stardust Hotel facade in Las Vegas, with its globe and starburst sign above a row of 1950s cars. — The Stardust sign fills the upper frame above the hotel parking area.

Closer handheld 8mm view of the Stardust Hotel sign and facade, with classic cars parked below in Las Vegas. — A closer pass across the Stardust facade emphasizes the sign and 1950s automobiles.

End frame of the 1958 Las Vegas Stardust Hotel exterior, showing the sign, facade, and cars in the foreground. — The short pan ends on the Stardust sign and car-filled frontage.

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