Nevada USA-1959: Flamingo Hotel with Neon Sign and Palm Trees

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Flamingo Hotel with Neon Sign and Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a drive-by view of the Flamingo Hotel in Nevada. The iconic neon sign glows above the mid-century modern building, surrounded by lush palm trees and manicured landscaping. Classic American cars from the era are parked along the roadside, with a red vehicle briefly passing in the foreground. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1950s Las Vegas architecture and roadside culture.

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: 123621467

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: This clip helps document a 1959 Las Vegas hotel exterior for productions needing brief mid-century Nevada travel or casino-district context.
Period detail: Visible clues include the Flamingo script sign, low modern hotel frontage, broad roadway, manicured hedges, mature trees, and parked late-1950s cars.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as a visitor-shot drive-by, preserving a brief unstaged roadside glimpse rather than a composed architectural record.
What appears in frame: Across the frames are the Flamingo facade, roadside lanes, parked cars, trees, hedges, landscaped grounds, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft color, visible grain, mild fading, gate marks, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, Las Vegas transition, roadside cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows how a traveler encountered a named Las Vegas hotel from the street, with signage, landscaping, and automobile access in view.
Research note: The Flamingo name and hotel exterior require review for trademark and property-context issues; no people are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 8mm Las Vegas hotel exterior, Flamingo Hotel drive-by, vintage Nevada roadside footage, and 1950s casino sign home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1959 Nevada or Las Vegas clips, then broader 1950s roadside hotel and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm view of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, seen across a roadway with landscaping, parked cars, and soft home-movie color. — The Flamingo Hotel sign and facade appear beyond a wide street and trimmed landscaping.

Roadside 1959 Nevada view of the Flamingo Hotel sign partly framed by trees, with parked cars and landscaped grounds visible. — Trees and hedges partially frame the Flamingo sign along the hotel frontage.

1959 8mm roadside frame showing the Flamingo Hotel area partly obscured by trees and landscaping along a Las Vegas street. — The hotel frontage slips behind roadside trees as the camera continues past.

Final 1959 home-movie frame of the Las Vegas hotel exterior, emphasizing roadside landscaping, trees, and parked cars. — Landscaping and trees dominate the closing view of the hotel exterior from across the road.

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