Nevada USA-1959: Blue Pickup Truck at Motel

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Blue Pickup Truck at Motel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a classic American roadside scene in Nevada. A blue pickup truck drives across a motel parking lot, passing a light-colored sedan and a two-story motel building with exterior staircases. The footage features the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic 1950s roadside Americana atmosphere. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the quiet movement of vehicles against the backdrop of a sun-drenched, mid-century modern motel.

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: 123621582

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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 roadside Americana, Nevada travel, motel parking lot, and classic pickup truck cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The two-story motel with exterior stairs, open parking lot, light sedan, and blue pickup may show mid-century U.S. roadside travel design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with a mostly static camera observing a pickup moving through an everyday motel lot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue pickup truck, pale sedan, two-story motel, exterior staircases, parking lot, planted strip, bright sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, slight exposure shifts, and faded color typical of late-1950s home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, roadside motel cutaway, or memory beat for postwar American driving culture.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary automobile travel and roadside lodging in Nevada as seen through a private home-movie camera, without identifying the motel.
Research note: People may be visible at a distance, and copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1959 Nevada 8mm motel footage, vintage blue pickup truck, 1950s roadside travel, or home movie parking lot scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Nevada 1959 travel material, then broader 1950s motel, automobile, and roadside Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing a blue pickup in a motel parking lot with exterior stairs and a pale sedan nearby. — Blue pickup crosses an open motel parking lot in front of a two-story roadside building.

Blue pickup seen from a static 8mm view in a Nevada motel lot, with exterior stairs and a parked light sedan in the background. — The pickup continues through the sunlit lot with motel rooms and stairs behind it.

1959 Nevada roadside motel view with a blue pickup passing a pale sedan in a broad parking area. — A blue pickup passes in front of a light-colored sedan and motel exterior.

Static 8mm frame of a Nevada motel frontage with exterior stairs, planted strip, open asphalt, and distant figures or details near the building. — The motel frontage remains in view as the vehicle leaves the frame.

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