Nevada USA-1959: Dunes Hotel Sign with Tony Bennett and Joey Bishop

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Dunes Hotel Sign with Tony Bennett and Joey Bishop — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Dunes Hotel sign in Nevada. The distinctive green and white sign features "A Place in the Sun" and a marquee advertising Tony Bennett, Joey Bishop, and Lucie Dolene. Palm trees and classic cars populate the sunny, retro landscape under a clear blue sky. The footage shows a slow zoom-out, revealing more of the surrounding area and the hotel's unique architecture. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or history projects.

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: 123621495

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 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: 1950s Nevada hotel-casino exterior footage suited to documentary inserts on Las Vegas tourism, entertainment marquees, or mid-century roadside signage.
Period detail: The Dunes sign, marquee lettering, palm-lined street, and visible parked cars support a late-1950s Nevada resort-strip setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the roadside sign as a travel memory rather than a staged commercial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Dunes sign, show marquee, palm trees, roadside curb, passing or parked cars, blue sky, landscaping, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that give the footage authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, period cutaway, or transition into a sequence about Nevada entertainment culture.
Historical context: The marquee names Tony Bennett, Joey Bishop, Lucie Dolene, and Pierre Cavalli, placing the scene within visible mid-century resort entertainment promotion.
Research note: The Dunes name and marquee text are visible brands or identifiers, so copyright, trademark, and venue-history checks may be needed despite no visible faces.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Nevada 8mm hotel sign, Dunes Hotel marquee, Las Vegas resort exterior, and Tony Bennett Joey Bishop marquee footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1959 Nevada or Las Vegas exteriors, then broader mid-century hotel, roadside sign, and entertainment marquee footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing the Dunes Hotel sign with Tony Bennett and Joey Bishop on the marquee. — The Dunes sign and entertainment marquee appear against a clear blue sky.

1959 Nevada frame showing the Dunes sign, performer names on the marquee, palm trees, and roadside landscaping. — The wider view includes the Dunes marquee, palm trees, and the lower show board.

1959 Nevada home-movie frame with the Dunes Hotel marquee, lower performer board, road edge, and desert-resort landscaping. — The zoomed-out frame shows the roadside setting around the Dunes sign.

1959 Nevada frame showing a wider roadside view of the Dunes sign, marquee, cars, palm trees, and hotel-area landscaping. — The final frame places the Dunes sign in its broader street and resort surroundings.

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