Nevada USA-1959: Cars Driving Past Riviera Hotel Sign

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cars Driving Past Riviera Hotel Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage footage captures a bustling street scene in Nevada. Classic American cars from the late 1950s drive past a large mid-century modern hotel with a prominent 'Riviera' sign. The view, framed by the film's natural border, shows a sun-drenched urban landscape with a parking lot full of period vehicles and a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits authentic film grain and color saturation typical of home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into postwar American life and roadside architecture.

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: 123621609

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: Useful for requests needing 1950s Las Vegas-area street atmosphere, period automobiles, and hotel exterior cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show late-1950s cars, a broad urban roadway, parking-lot activity, overhead utility lines, and a large modern hotel with a visible Riviera sign.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot roadside viewpoint, observing a recognizable hotel frontage and passing traffic from across the street without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Riviera hotel facade, rooftop signage, classic cars, a busy roadway, parking lot rows, streetlights, utility wires, and blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, uneven exposure, and small frame-to-frame shifts typical of handheld home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for Nevada travel, mid-century hotels, or postwar automobile culture.
Historical context: The scene records a car-oriented hotel district with broad roads and parking visible, reflecting the built environment seen in the provided 1959 home-movie metadata.
Research note: The Riviera name and signage are visible, so trademark or brand review may be needed separately from copyright, likeness, or property considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Nevada 8mm street footage, Riviera hotel exterior, vintage Las Vegas cars, and mid-century roadside hotel scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Nevada travel footage, then other 1959 Las Vegas or hotel exteriors, then broader 1950s American road and car culture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada 8mm frame showing cars on a wide street in front of the Riviera hotel exterior. — Cars move past the Riviera hotel facade from a roadside home-movie viewpoint.

The Riviera hotel sign and facade appear beyond a busy Nevada street lined with 1950s cars. — A broad street and parked cars sit in front of the Riviera hotel exterior.

1959 home-movie frame of the Riviera hotel exterior with period cars and street infrastructure visible. — The camera holds on the Riviera hotel and surrounding traffic from across the road.

Bright 8mm frame showing the Riviera hotel exterior, roadway, cars, and visible signage in Nevada. — Exposure flares across the final view of the Riviera hotel and traffic corridor.

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