Nevada USA-1959: Cars at Mid-Century Motel Parking Lot

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cars at Mid-Century Motel Parking Lot — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched parking lot at a mid-century motel in Nevada. Rows of classic American automobiles from the late 1950s, including white and two-tone sedans, are parked in front of a long, low-rise building with balconies and palm trees. The footage, viewed through a film gate, shows a slight pan across the scene under a clear blue sky, evoking a strong sense of Americana and mid-century travel nostalgia.

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: 123621549

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nevada travel, roadside lodging, motel parking, and mid-century automobile cutaways in documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The long low-rise motel, palm landscaping, open asphalt lot, and late-1950s sedans support the stated 1959 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from across the parking lot, observing the motel frontage and parked cars without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motel facade, balconies or exterior corridors, rows of parked cars, palm trees, blue sky, asphalt, painted lot markings, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, gate borders, and slight handheld movement consistent with home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, roadside motel cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century driving culture.
Historical context: The scene documents automobile-centered travel lodging in Nevada through visible parking layout, motel architecture, and period cars, without identifying a specific property.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, property depiction, and location identification should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Nevada 8mm motel parking lot, mid-century hotel exterior, classic cars in motel lot, and American home-movie travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then Nevada 1959 lodging or road scenes, then broader 1950s motel, parking lot, and classic car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing parked cars outside a low-rise motel under a clear blue sky. — Rows of cars sit in front of a low-rise motel with palm trees behind the parking lot.

1959 Nevada motel exterior with classic cars across the parking lot, framed by 8mm film gate edges. — A line of parked cars faces the camera in front of the motel exterior.

1959 Nevada travel footage frame with two-tone cars, motel frontage, palms, and open asphalt lot. — The camera view shifts along parked cars and the motel frontage in bright daylight.

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing a wider view of the motel parking area and parked cars. — A wider parking-lot view shows several cars spaced across the motel frontage.

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