Nevada USA-1959: Stardust Motel Sign With Classic Cars

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Stardust Motel Sign With Classic Cars — Clip Details

NEVADA USA-1959: A vibrant 8mm home movie captures the iconic Stardust Motel sign, a dazzling mid-century space-age design with a large planet and stars against a blue sky. Classic American automobiles from the late 1950s, including a prominent light blue sedan, are parked in the lot below. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a slight camera pan across the scene, highlighting the retro architecture and the nostalgic atmosphere of a 1950s roadside attraction. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of vintage Super 8 footage.

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: 123621540

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nevada travel, roadside lodging, casino-era motels, and mid-century automobile atmosphere in documentary or exhibit edits.
Period detail: The large space-age Stardust sign, painted stars and planet, and late-1950s American cars support the 1959 setting supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across a parking lot, briefly panning over a landmark sign as a travel memory rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Stardust sign, starburst graphics, a large planet motif, parked classic cars, a palm tree, low motel buildings, blue sky, and asphalt lot.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, rounded frame edges, gate shadowing, and mild handheld movement that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, roadside cutaway, or memory beat for late-1950s Nevada tourism.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar roadside travel culture through bold motel signage, automobile parking, and leisure architecture visible in the frames.
Research note: The Stardust name and sign artwork are visible, so trademark, copyright, and location identification should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Nevada 8mm footage, Stardust motel sign, Las Vegas roadside sign, mid-century cars, and vintage travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1959 Nevada or Las Vegas material, then broader mid-century motel, neon sign, or classic car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing the Stardust sign with star and planet graphics above parked classic cars. — The Stardust sign fills the upper frame while rows of late-1950s cars sit in the lot below.

The Stardust sign appears centered with painted stars, a planet shape, and a row of vintage cars in the foreground. — A closer view centers the sign lettering and space-age graphics above the motel parking area.

1959 Nevada frame with the Stardust sign partly cropped, low motel buildings, palm tree, and parked late-1950s cars. — The pan reveals more of the motel frontage and car rows beneath the oversized sign.

A white classic car crosses the foreground before the Stardust sign and parked vehicles in a 1959 Nevada home movie frame. — A moving white car passes through the foreground as the sign and parking lot remain visible behind it.

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